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FAIRFAX, Va.--According to officials from the Digital Printing and Imaging Association (DPIA), using recently made known digital printing technology, publishing art is now fast, easy and charge effective.

To help artists, gallery possessors framers and printers take advantage of this technology to lay open an additional revenue stream, DPIA is offering "Fine Art Publishing with Giclee Printing." This tutorial and panel discussion takes place April 7 in Atlanta.

"Fine Art Publishing with Giclee Printing" is individual of 50 educational sessions to be at handed at DPIA 2001: A Digital Odyssey the association's ninth-annual discourse & Exhibit that takes place April 4 The tutorial and panel discussion will define and discuss the technical and marketing skills necessary to prosperously publish and sell limited edition giclee fine art prints, according to DPIA officials.

This program is a elucidation component of a seven-hour track devot entirely to digital fine art printmaking and will shield the aesthetic and business considerations of producing limited-edition artwork, including for what reason to determine edition size, choice of media (canvas v paper) and pricing.

Central to "Fine Art Publishing with Giclee Printing" is an easy-to-understand overview of giclee printing technology, with special emphasis given to managing the proofing proces and achieving quick color approval.

Traditional and innovative marketing approaches, including the basics of e-commerce will be discussed along with ways to increase sales opportunities by the agency of developing a full product line.

Following the presentation, industry professionals involved in different aspects of of creating and marketing fine art will share their views and experiences.

Panel members include Julie Helgren, an artists' agent/representative and principal of Julieco of Sarasota, Fla.; Matthew Hillier, an internationally renowned wildlife artist; Robin to leeward Makowski, a self published artist, award-winning work illustrator and artist-in-residence at glum Water Editions in Stuart, Fla.; and Richard Gipe, co-founder of art-exchange.com inc. in Austin, Texas, and holder of Legacy Fine Art, a retail fine art gallery in heated Springs, Ark. Sonia O'Donnell, DPIA's director of marketing and association unravelling will present the tutorial and moderate the panel discussion.

Other educational seminars at DPI 2001 encompassed in the Digital Fine Art Printmaking track include:

* Digital Odyssey--Technology, Graphics, and Intellectual peculiarity Rights

* Archival Memory Photographs and Fine Art Reproductions

* What's of the present day in Archival Inks for Ink-Jet Printers

* Advanced Color Management: The Color Management Toolbox in PhotoShop

Many digital applications will be in succession view during the Conference in the Andrew Schellenberg Gallery of Digital Art, a showcase of the best work produc in digital printing and imaging in the past year.

In addition to the fine art track, DPIA will feature dozens of education programs in technical, managerial, vendor and digital textile tracks. The exhibit will feature 225 booth showcasing the latest in large-format digital technology. Social occurrences a golf tournament and three different awards competitions enhance the networking opportunities for attendees, according to incident officials. The conference will be "book-ended" with a digital printing "Start-Up Symposium" onward April 4 and a "Color Management Seminar" forward April 8.

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