CTDG Workbook 1:
Colour & Design,
by Valerie Campbell-Harding

This is the first of a series of workbooks on computer design for textiles, covering mark making, colour theory, and designing with pattern. These workbooks will help students to understand how to use their computer to develop a number of different design methods for a variety of textile skills, and how to translate the designs into a variety of skills.

This workbook has three main sections:

1) Making marks and drawing lines using the pencil and different brushes, so that you get used to the tools and drawing with mouse or tablet if you have one.
2) The theory of colour, learning the terms in common use, mixing colours and making gradients.
3) The principles of pattern, making a variety of all-over patterns, designing borders and making corners.

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CTDG Workbook 2:
Screen to Fabric,
by Hazel Credland

A colour printer is an important tool for transferring designs, the choice of paper or fabric used for printing the computer image depends to a large extent on the textile technique to be used. The exercises in this workbook are to help you build up a library of samples that can be used as a reference when choosing the most suitable medium for printing an image.

This workbook has three main sections:

1) Printer paper products, including acetate, foil and transfer papers.
2) Alternatives for textiles, including tissue paper, freezer paper, Vilene, and water soluble's
3) Suppliers and useful Web sites.

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CTDG Workbook 3:
Fabulous Filters,
by Valerie Campbell-Harding

has nine sections:

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.
There is also a comprehensive "Where to find filters" list.

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CTDG Workbook 4:
All About Selections,
by Maggie Grey

This workbook guides the student through the main selection tools that are found in most paint programs. This Workbook will help to clarify the fundamentals of each selection tool and the illustrations show the different results that can be achieved by the choice of each tool.

Tools covered include: the selection Tool, the Rectangular Selection Tool, The Magic Wand, Layers and Selections and Selections with Special Effects.

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CTDG Workbook 5:
Draw programs and pattern making,
by Rosemary Muntus

This Workbook - the fifth in the series on computer design for textiles, aims to show you how to get the best out of the draw or vector programs, so that you will feel confident in using them for a variety of design applications.

This workbook will be of particular interest to patch-workers. All the necessary processes to develop shapes and pattern making, using a variety of tools in a draw program palette, are explained.

The exercises with colour examples are to encourage the students to experiment themselves.

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CTDG Workbook 6:
Scan, Scanners, Scan,
by Sarah Brownie

Using your scanner will never be quite the same again, Workbook 6 covers all you need to know: 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, Wrappings, Multiple Views and Reflections

Additional Information covers: Resolution and Compression and Additional Scanner Features

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CTDG Workbook 7:
Using Your Digital Camera,
by Valerie Campbell-Harding

This Workbook covers all you need to know about using your digital Camera. Including Lighting & Weather, Exposure Compensation, Through the Viewfinder, Framing, Using a Grid, Diagonals & Triangles, Using Flash, From Camera to Computer, Contacts & Filing, Cropping, Simplifying the Image and Combining Photographs.

And there are plenty of exercises for you to do to improve your technique.

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CTDG Workbook 8:
Designing on Your Computer,
by Sarah Brownie

This latest workbook from Sarah helps you get to grips with your paint program and develop your digital designs. The book de mystifies a number of the most useful paint program features and is presented in the form of 12 projects :- Stamp & Fray, Step & Twirl, Gradual Gradients, Spray and Scatter, Indentations, Dodge & Burn, Hook & Hinges, Blended Rubbings, Liquid Warp, Rock and Roll, Boarders & Boundaries and Mix & Match.

Each project begins with a simple starting point. A clear step-by-step approach shows how these can be developed creatively on the computer. These projects build progressively on the skills covered in previous projects. Additional tips are offered throughout the projects. Though some of the exercises may appear to suit a particular field, with a little adjustment they can be adapted to suit a variety of designers needs. All of the Projects were completed using Photoshop Elements 3.0 and Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9. However other paint programs can be used although the names of tools may vary, their icons will be similar.

Due to the full colour illustrations, restyling and modern binding of this workbook it has proved to be slightly more expensive to produce, but is still good value at £10.99 for members and £12.99 for non members.

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What about other Workbooks?

The plan is that future Workbooks will be written by a number of different people, explaining computer design for different textile skills, building on these Workbooks to develop the theory into exercises and experiments on paper and using threads and/or fabrics.

How much will it cost?

Workbook 1 to 7 costs:-

• £10.00 for CTDG members + post and packing or
• £12.50 for non-members of the CTDG + post and packing.

Workbook 8 costs:-

• £10.99 for CTDG members + post and packing or
• £12.99 for non-members of the CTDG + post and packing.

Post and Packing:-

• For delivery to the UK = £1.50 p&p for one Workbook. Add £1.00 for each additional Workbook or
• For delivery overseas = £3.50 for one Workbook. Add £2.00 for each additional title.