GREEN: 

Life and Renewal: Green is life. Abundant in nature, green signifies growth, renewal, health, and environment. On the flip side, green is jealousy or envy (green-eyed monster) and inexperience.

Nature of Green: Green is a restful color with some of the same calming attributes of blue. Like blue, time moves faster in a green room.

Culture of Green: Green is the national color of Ireland and is strongly associated with that country. Green also has close associations with Islam. Because of all the green in nature the color is reminiscent of Spring. Coupled with red it’s a Christmas color.

Using Green: With both a warming and cooling effect, the color green denotes balance, harmony, and stability. Use several shades of green for a fresh, Springtime feel. Olive green, also called olive drab, is a not so drab summery green that may have military overtones for some people.

Using Green with Other Colors: Green with blue produces echoes of nature – water and forest and can denote new beginnings and growth. Green with brown, tan, or beige says organic or recycled and can be a good color combination for packaging of those type of products. Tri-color combinations of green with yellow and black or white are sporty, outdoorsy colors. Purple with green can be high contrast, lively. Lime green with orange and yellow is a fresh and fruity palette.

Iterpolation comparrisons

Iterpolation discussion

student blog

here is an example of another group of students using a blog to trade ideas and files for a digital mural project. looks interesting.

How do I know when I need to use interpolation?

A common publishing standard is to use images that are 300dpi or greater.  Large prints that are typically viewed from a distance are sometimes printed at 200dpi with satisfactory results.

 

Given the 300dpi standard, divide the image’s pixel height and width by 300 to yield print size in inches.

 

For example, the 5 megapixel Olympus c-5050z captures images at a resolution of 2560×1920.  Dividing 2560×1920 by the common publishing standard of 300dpi yields a maximum print size of 8.5″x6.4″ (2560 / 300 x 1920 / 300).

 

Prints significantly larger than 8.5×6.4 would likely benefit from interpolation.  It really depends on the personal taste of the viewer.  An 8×10 image size would be roughly 240dpi which would probably look just fine.

 

200dpi is often used for prints that will be viewed from a distance.

mural at cal state northridge

here is a little article on a recent mural in the student union at csun.

File set up requirements

NancyScans

One printers requirements

printer-specifications.pdf