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Workbooks
The CTDG workbooks are useful to beginners
and the more experienced. They are designed to
be used individually, in groups, or in a Workshop
and will help students understand how to use a
computer to develop different design methods
for a variety of textile skills. They are designed to
take the reader through various techniques by
using worked examples, which can be worked
using most paint or draw programs, on either
AppleMac or Windows.
1 Colour & Design
This workbook covers computer design for
textiles: including mark making, colour theory,
and designing with pattern.
2 Screen to Fabric
A colour printer is an important tool for
transferring designs and the choice of paper or
fabric used for printing depends to a large extent
on the textile technique to be used.
3 Fabulous Filters
What are filters: Black and White filters:
Simplifying designs: Reducing the detail:
Stylising Images: Changing the colours: Altering
the settings: Making filters transparent: The
theory of blending modes.
4 All About Selections
This workbook guides the student through the
main selection tools found in most paint
programs and will clarify the fundamentals of
each selection tool and show different results
that can be achieved.
5 Draw programs and pattern making
How to get the best out of draw or vector
programs, so that you will feel onfident in using
them for a variety of design applications.
6 Scan, Scanners, Scan
What is a scanner?, How does a scanner work?,
What you Might Want to Know, Twain Drivers,
Scanner Dialogue Screens, How to take a
Screen shot. Projects include: The First Scan; a
torn or cut collage, Settings, Folds and Creases,
Textured Backgrounds, Assorted Grids,
Translucent Papers, rappings, Multiple Views
and Reflections.
7 Using Your Digital Camera
Lighting & Weather, Exposure Compensation,
Through the Viewfinder, Framing, Using a Grid,
Diagonals & Triangles, Using Flash, From
Camera to Computer, Contacts & Filing,
Cropping, Simplifying & Combining Photos.
8 Designing on Your Computer
To help you get to grips with a paint program
and develop digital designs, demystifying some
of the most useful paint program features.
