Photoshop for Textile Design - Elementary

This course is brought to you by the Textile Hub, an innovative educational business dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses through a curated selection of short courses.

This 2-day course introduces the use of Photoshop as a design tool for digital textile printing. Participants will learn to use a range of tools including Layers, Patterns and Textures. It provides an overview of the digital textile printing process and the pros and cons of digital textile printing will be explained.

Presenter
Damen Joe is a graduate from AUT University where he studied for his Master’s Degree in Visual Art and Design. With a strong interest in working between both digital and handmade imagery, upon graduation he went on to teach at AUT and Unitec as a lecturer in both computer-aided design and printmaking. Damen's interests continue to span a wide variety of media: from preserving centuries-old manuscripts and books; undertaking commissions as a freelance designer; to creating and exhibiting full digital artworks. Damen presented short courses on this subject at AUT between 2007 and 2022.

Bring your own laptop
The course is taught with Adobe Photoshop 2023 and will be delivered on a PC. Course notes will be provided. You will require your own Windows or Mac laptop with the latest Adobe Photoshop software installed.

Participants must download a 7-day free trial copy of Adobe Photoshop unless they already have the latest version installed.

For free trial, copy and paste the URL below into your browser. Remember to cancel before the trial period ends unless you wish to pay the subscription.

https://www.adobe.com/nz/products/photoshop/free-trial-download.html#

Content
The course provides an overview of the digital textile printing process and the pros and cons of digital textile printing will be explained. Participants will learn to use a range of tools including Layers, Patterns and Textures. The course will also include examples of design approaches and provide guidelines for digitising original artwork and skills for editing and combining images, adjusting colour and appearance, and introduces the methods for creating repeating patterns. Participants will apply the skills they have learned to create their own original designs. They will also have the option to have their design/s printed onto fabric (additional charge applies).

What to bring
Bring your own laptop (see above). Please bring along at least 4 high quality image files sourced from your own digital photographs, scans or from the internet. These images may contain other unimportant background imagery but please ensure there is a foreground subject, it is in focus, and is able to be clearly defined from the colours of the surrounding objects. If photographs are from a digital camera, ensure they have been taken on a high quality setting. If images are from the internet, use a search engine to find ‘Large’ images. Please also bring along a USB storage device to save your work.

There is an on-site cafe or you are welcome to bring your own lunch and refreshments.

Outcomes
- Gain an understanding of the essential Photoshop functions for textile design.
- Be introduced to digital textile printing technology, processes and workflow
- Use Photoshop software tools to create and develop original designs
- Be introduced to design approaches including large format images and repeating patterns
- Gain an understanding of file formatting

Participant requirements
Competent computer skills are the only prerequisite for this course. No prior knowledge of Photoshop is necessary. Following the course, it is recommended that participants have some access to Photoshop in order to gain the full benefit from this course.

Certificates of attendance will be available to those who complete the course.

Contact: info@textilehub.co.nz