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Giclee I've been reading up on giclee prints and I realize all it is is using an Iris printer. However, I saw photographs from a photographer who used the giclee process and had prints that looked like watercolors but still had a real feel to them. He said he sends them to a lab where artists work on each print for 5 to 7 hours on the computer to get them this way. Do you know what program they use and what technique? I'd like to learn to do this myself. Do you know of any classes? thanks, stephanie
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
They probably use Photoshop to achieve those effects. Its the industry standard program. You can achieve similar (and sometimes better if not more satisfying) effects by handcoloring. Watercolors are easy to apply to photographs as well as oils.
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Jane |
Another option: Epson printer, matching Watercolor paper with appropriate matching inks. Be prepared to buy a great printer to get a beautiful result. I am learning the process and will be buying the appropriate equipment and supplies at the end of summer. (and stock piling sumer images to print). This is an evolving process with the supplies and equipment getting better by the day. BUT you have to expect to spend money on supplies to learn how to produce a quality print and practice. The real key is photoshop and epson with MATCHING ink to paper. Yes I repeated myself but they say the average adult needs to read and hear a direction 17 times before they accept it.
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