What makes some printing more expensive than other printing?

What makes some printing more expensive than other printing? 

(Blog Topic Week 2)

I believe in a lot of things that go into more expensive printing. Some key factors are the paper size and color. the paper size can vary in different jobs and projects the bigger the paper the more ink for color and that will lead to more money. A very bright color or very dark color can need a more ink intake. Can the funds for a different gloss or texture color will also be more expensive. The more actions it takes for your design to come alive the more money you will need.

 Another expensive printing option will be the weight of the paper. Different jobs and projects may request a curtain paper weight (look) to the design. It may be business card and they want it to have a thicker look and feel that will cost more money to print. Letter head paper could be one of the request , Companies tend to want a more heaver look and feel to the letter heads to have a more bold and professional look. Paper weight and texture can make or break a design and is very important to always re evaluate what look you are creating and printing should always be in the back of your mind while designing.

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There are two methods of creating reproductions of fine art in use today. The older, traditional method is off-set lithography where hundreds or thousands of prints can be produced at one time allowing for a less expensive and frequently inferior print. The newer, more sophisticated process is called giclee (pronounced zhee-clay) where prints are produced one at a time with great color and texture accuracy.
With off-set lithography, a photographic image of the original work is created. The image is then separated into individual color plates corresponding to the color inks to be used in the final printing process. Each color is printed individually from a metal plate requiring any number of runs through a press with the printer trying to match the position of each layer of ink printed (not always successfully) to the layer of ink below (called registration). The quality and weight of the paper is limited by the capabilities of the press and the colors can vary depending on the quantity and quality of the ink used. The process is not unlike the process used to print newspapers and magazines.

Offset Lithography	Giclee Printing
Photograph of original work Colors printed separately Multiple passes from the same original Ink quality varies Print media is limited	High resolution computer image original Digital image editing/correction Prints produced on at a time All colors printed in a single pass High quality inks Variety of print media (paper, canvas, etc.)

With the giclee process, a computer image of the original work is created. The image created is very high resolution and is true to the original in terms of brushwork, texture and color. A technician then manipulates the computer file to get the appearance even closer to that of the original, with the correct color being the key element. Once the artist approves a proof, the image is stored as a file on the computer. Each print is then produced one at a time to guarantee accuracy. Unlike the off-set process, which requires multiple passes through the press with the hope of producing accurate colors, all of the colors of the giclee are produced using archival pigments with one pass allowing complete color, texture, and brushwork accuracy for each print. Furthermore, the printing can be done on the same type of surface (canvas, paper, etc.) as the original work of art.
When a giclee is placed next to the original, it is nearly impossible to tell which the original is and which the giclee is.
How permanent is a giclee? In recent years the ink industry has developed stable, light-fast, pigment inks for large format computers used to produce the giclee. At the same time, the paper industry has expanded and improved lines of paper to make them compatible with specialized, computer printers. This combination has made giclees viable as permanent pieces of art. You can purchase a giclee knowing that it will increase in value just as the original work of art.

How photography has changed the world.

Assigned Blog Post WEEK 1:

How do you feel Photography has changed the world?

Photography has been a way to record life moments in a matter of seconds it is known world wide and used everyday by millions upon millions of people. Photography is a way to capture a image of events, That can be in motion or in still. Photographers have been around for hundreds of years and was a very important source in American history and how we view it today.  

THE HISTORY BEHIND PHOTOGRAPHY 

 Photography has been used for evidence of events since the daguerreotype allowed for images to be permanently captured. Without photography, people around the world would not understand things they did not experience. From World War II to the Holocaust, photography has been used by people to record moments in history permanently.
          Photography allows people around the world to see other places and understand different cultures. In addition to exposing people to other places, events, and cultures, photography has had a strong impact on society. Photography literally creates an image for people, places, and ideas. When a tourist looks for a vacation, the first thing they will most likely do is look at a picture. Many people have used this art to manipulate areas, images, or events to their preference. It allows images and information to be accessed by regular people through means such as the internet or a book. Pictures are often the first impression a person has on something, which gives pictures a great importance in any type of environment.

One of the most famous photos in the world, this image captures Neil Armstrong's footprint. Many people had heard of space travel, however they did not get to visually experience it until photos like this were broadcasted to Earth. This picture shocked many people with the simple fact that man really had made it to the moon.

The Evolution of Photography

          Photography has, like any other science or technology , evolved. From the basic Camera Obscura to modern day high-speed cameras, this art is one of the most advanced technologies. In 1837, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre created the Daguerreotype. This was the first true camera, as it was able to permanently capture an image. "I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight," Louis Daguerre said. This was an important milestone for artists, for the Camera Obscura would reflect light, but the image would fade as it became dark, making artists have to work very quickly to trace their photo. However, its downside was that it took around thirty minutes to develop one picture. Though these pictures took a very long time to develop, many found them worth using to record historical events forever.
          In the 1840's, a man named William Henry Talbot created the Calotype, the first negative-positive photographic technique. This technique allowed for multiple images to be copied off the displayed image projected by a Camera Obscura. Unlike the thirty-minute develop time of the daguerreotype, the Calotype develops pictures within one minute.
          Up until 1861, there was no way to have a color photo, as scientists had not figured out how to make them. However, a man named James Maxwell finally discovered the way to produce color photographs. The first type of color film was called Autochrome, which is an array of colored dots upon potato starch. Autochrome was not released for public use until about 1907. Autochrome was used for 28 years, until another type of color film was released, this time called Kodachrome. Kodachrome was a color film originally produced by Kodak in 1935, and was popular until about 3-4 years ago. In 1963, yet another photographic milestone is reached:  instant color film made Polaroid
         In 1968, the first photo from the moon of the earth was taken. In the years before, photos had been taken from rockets with mounted cameras, but they did not capture all of earth, as they were not high enough.

What There Is To Know About The Canon Rebel t3i

What There Is To Know About The Canon Rebel t3i

I'm writing this blog because I just purchased the Canon Rebel t3i  I figure I share my knowledge on my research about this beautiful well put together camera. 

Where Canon came from :

Japan's first 35mm focal-plane shutter rangefinder camera was introduced into the market during this period 1933-1936. This all started in a small streetside shop in Tokyo, the "Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory," to produce the prototype camera called "Kwanon," which later evolved into the "Hansa Canon." This is the origin of Canon's camera making which always involves many trial and error processes. Small but steady steps for Canon cameras were initiated here.

 Staking out the high end of the Rebel line, the Canon T3i shares the excellent image quality of its predecessor (the T2i), and offers the articulating LCD, remote flash control, and creative filters also found in the 60D. With Full HD video support, fast autofocus, and good quality optics, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is easy to recommend....

The REBEL on the Move.
Photographers looking for an easy-to-use camera that will help them create their next masterpiece need look no further than the Canon EOS Rebel T3i. The next in a long line of phenomenal compact DSLRs, the EOS Rebel T3i continues the Rebel tradition of easy operation, compact design and no-compromise performance. Featuring Canon's newest DIGIC 4 Image Processor and an 18.0 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor - plus cutting-edge technologies like Full HD video recording, Live View shooting, wireless flash photography and even a Vari-angle 3.0-inch LCD monitor  - the EOS Rebel T3i offers the best of EOS photography in a compact package.

Just as the Canon 60D was aimed squarely at the Nikon D90 and D7000, the new Canon Rebel T3i has the D5000 and D5100 in its sights. We've now spent quite a lot of time with the Canon T3i, which sports a swiveling LCD screen and a slightly heftier build, and both looks and feels a little more serious than past models. Bundled with a new 18-55mm IS II kit lens, or the 18-135mm IS lens that's also available with the 60D, the new T3i looks and feels like its presume sibling, except for the grip spacing. It'll be ideal for those with small to medium hands, but those with larger hands might be more comfortable with the 60D.

Indeed, the major differences between the T3i and 60D are few. It's down to frame rate (3.7 vs. 5.3 fps), maximum shutter speed (1/4,000 vs. 1/8,000), AF sophistication (only one cross-type vs. all nine cross-type), viewfinder size (0.85x vs. 0.95x), buffer depth, battery type, and grip size. There are other, more minor differences, but those are the big items. As such, the T3i seems like a pretty good deal.

Compared to the T2i, the T3i adds the swivel screen, the new lens, more reduced-resolution JPEG options, and an Auto Picture Style mode. The Canon T3i (body with battery and card) also weighs a little more than the T2i, coming in at 20.6 ounces (583g) compared to the T2i's 18.5 ounces (525g). As mentioned, it's a few millimeters larger in all dimensions: 133.1 x 99.5 x 79.7, compared to 128.8 x 97.5 x 75.3. Some of those differences will matter, and I think many fans of swivel screens will opt for the T3i, while those who don't like them can settle happily into a T2i without feeling like they're missing a lot.

The Canon Rebel T3i is a small and lightweight camera. Its body measures in at 5.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 inches, and it weighs 20.6 ounces with batteries.

The control panel on the back of the Canon Rebel T3i is pretty standard. Everything you need to carefully adjust many of the settings of your T3i is in an accessible place. If you’ve used the T2i, the T3i’s predecessor, you’ll notice that the T3i’s buttons are all in the same places as the T2i’s.

The Canon Rebel T3i’s 100-12800 range of ISO settings make it an ideal camera for all lighting conditions. The powerful yet small T3i is built to reduce noise in all situations. It just takes a few seconds to adjust the ISO settings and shoot crisp, clear pictures in the brightest situations and at night.

This DLSR’s 18.”0″ CMOS Sensor and DIGIC 4 Image Processor work to enhance the quality and integrity of each pixel in each picture you take. The CMOS sensor speeds up how long it takes a signal to reach the image processor. The result is a picture with relatively no noise and a camera that consumes less energy overall.

You can choose from hundreds of different lenses to use with your T3i. The wide selection of T3i-compatible lenses means that you have a lot of customization options when it comes to zoom range, image stabilization, and aperture. Lenses generally range in price from around $200 to over $5,000.

The control buttons on the top of the T3i allow you to easily adjust the shutter speed, change the ISO settings, and switch to video recording mode. If you want to adjust the shutter speed, you just have to to push the capture button halfway down and turn it until you land on the right speed.

The Rebel T3i’s vast range of ISO settings work in conjunction with the camera’s built-in flash to ensure that pictures come out clear in most situations. You can also opt to add a flash attachmentto the top of the camera to dramatically increase the clarity of pictures taken in low-light settings.

The Rebel T3i comes with a number of creative filter options, including “Fish-Eye Effect,” which distorts an image in the same manner a fish-eye camera lens would. Other T3i creative filter options are “Grainy Black and White Effect,” which produces an antique looking black and white image, and “Toy Camera Effect,” which produces an image with vignetting and interesting color distortions

NIKON V.S CANON

Nikon and Canon are as good as each other overall. Each makes equally excellent lenses at the same price points, and each makes DSLRs with the same technical quality in each format. The differences lie in ergonomics and how well each camera handles, which is what allows you to get your photo — or miss it forever. Anyone who tries to tell you that one brand or the other is significantly better than the other in basic quality is either an idiot, or a retail salesman who's getting a bigger spiff from one or the other that week.

Each are multi-billion dollar optical companies who have been making some of the world's best optics for numerous consumer, industrial and military applications for decades and decades and decades. Unlike other large corporations like Sony and Panasonic that only make consumer and commercial products, Nikon and Canon each make multi-million-dollar optical products used in semiconductor manufacturing and space exploration.

Nikon and Canon each are unique in having the nearly limitless resources and experience needed to develop the "secret sauce" that lets each make consumer cameras that render colors, highlights and shadows subtly better than all the other mere consumer electronics makers out there. Canon and Nikon can and do invest the effort to fine-tune the "look" from each camera in the trade-secret color matrices and algorithms that let each of their cameras deliver results that just have a certain polish to them that I can't get from Sony, Panasonic, Casio and all the rest of the companies lacking Nikon and Canon's resources. With the huge corporate scope and the huge camera sales volume, only Canon and Nikon can invest the heavy resources that result in subtly better pictures from each of their cameras, regardless of how inexpensive it may be.

I'm going to go on and on below about personal experience, so feel free to skip ahead to the real differences between Nikon and Canon.

Each makes lenses as parts of multi-million-dollar steppers used in making electronic chips with more precision than anything needed for photography, and each makes other optics that sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars in other applications. They each make our cameras and lenses out of the same stuff from which they create these other products.

Did you know that Nikon is one of the world's leading makers of professional laboratory microscopes, often beating out Zeiss and Leitz? Nikon also makes the million-dollar lenses and mechanical steppers used in semiconductor manufacture. They have a 37% market share. These lenses and mechanics resolve at 45 nanometers, or less than one-tenth of a wavelength of visible light. That's over 10,000 lines per millimeter! See Nikon Precision.

Canon may make their own ICs and image sensors, but for all we know, Canon may use Nikon lenses and steppers to do it! Probably not: Canon also makes steppers and semiconductor photolithography equipment, with a 20% market share. (Thanks to Bates Marshall for those figures.)

Canon also makes gigantic lenses with 100x zoom ratios for HDTV and lenses for Hollywood motion picture cameras! These sell for six figures.

Making $20,000, $2,000 or $200 lenses for either Canon or Nikon is child's play. Their big stuff sells in the $200,000 to $2,000,000 range. We photographers get to benefit from all of it.

Nikon and Canon are optical companies first and camera, electronic or software companies second. It's sad to see people buy good Nikon or Canon cameras and then put off-brand lenses on them.

Nikon and Canon are different, but just as good overall, although of course we all have our personal preferences. Anyone who tries to tell you that one or the other is garbage isn't paying attention, and most likely doesn't have the other to sell you. Nikon and Canon compete so heavily against each other that if one really were better or worse they would have gone out of business long ago.

Year to year one usually has an edge on the other. They tend to leapfrog each other back and forth, slowly. LEICA was king from the 1930s through 1950s, Nikon took over from the 1960s through 1980s, Canon was the top pro SLR in the 1990s and 2000s, and with the Nikon D3 of 2007, Canon and Nikon now run neck-and-neck in the pro market. As of 2012, I prefer Canon's full-frame DSLRs over Nikon, but that will change as the years roll on.

Contrary to some beliefs, I get paid nothing by and have no allegiance to Nikon or Canon or any other camera maker, other than having used their great products for many decades depending on the brand.

Shooting all these systems for a living every day makes one very familiar with what each does well — or not, so let me share how they really compare from actual long-term experience

I spend a lot of time covering the background and details before I summarize the real differences. Feel free to skip ahead if you're in a rush to spend a few thousand dollars quickly.