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Delano Flooding

If you’ve been following the news, you may have heard the Crow River in Delano, Minnesota is flooding to the highest level since 1965. The river crested last night (Monday, June 23rd, 2014), but is still high, and more rain is forecast.

Artograph’s home is in Delano, but we’re high and dry here to the east of the river.

Here are some photos and video we took of the flooding in Delano and flooded areas around the town.

Delano Flooding Video

  • We're high and dry here at Artograph in Delano. There's a beautiful marsh wetlands out our front door, but it's looking fine.

 

LED500 Software Update

Update for the LED500 posted on June 18, 2014.  This update will resolve the blinking line issue seen when viewing still images.

Installation Instructions:

1.  Create a folder named “LG_DTV” on the root directory on a USB flash drive.

2.  Download the file linked below into the “LG_DTV” folder.

3.  With the projector powered off, insert the USB flash drive into the projector.

4.  Power on the projector.

5.  When prompted, select “Start” on the dialog box. The projector will restart when completed.

LED500-update-dialog-box

6.  When restarted a dialog box should show the projector is updated to the current version 03.00.09

LED500-update-confirmation

7.  Press “Exit” on the remote to dismiss the dialog box.  You may remove the USB flash drive and delete the “LG_DTV” folder and update file.

Right click here to download the LED500 software update.

 

LED500 Video Instruction Guides

Instructional videos for the Artograph LED500 Digital Art Projector.

This video shows how to unpack, check, and setup your LED500 projector for initial use. Includes:

  • Unpacking at :25
  • Included material at 1:10
  • Installing the battery in the remote at 2:00
  • Connecting power at 2:18
  • Connection types at 2:34
  • Powering up at 3:50
  • Focus at 4:05
  • Input selection at 4:15.

This video shows how to use the USB ZOOM function.

This video shows how to project your images in GRAYSCALE using either a USB connection source, or an RGB/VGA (at about 1:00 in) or other input source.

This video shows how to use GRIDS when using the USB connection on the LED500 Digital Art Projector. There are 19 different grid patterns, including the extremely useful Rule of Thirds.

Wordsworth Pillow Tutorial

By Marian (Miss Mustard Seed)
www.missmustardseed.blogspot.com

A few days ago, I got a new toy from Artograph® and I couldn’t wait to put it to work.

I’ve been eyeing a light box for a long time, but it was always bumped down the priority list after lenses and sewing machines and other tools of my trade. My new Artograph LightPad A930 arrived on my doorstep last week and I knew my days of taping things to a window to trace were over.

Can you hear the angelic choir?

I have loads of ideas for how to use this, but I started out with something simple. A hand painted poetry pillow.

I started off by selecting a pillow, fabric, poem and a font. I chose the very last paragraph of a Wordsworth poem called “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood.” I printed it in a free downloadable font called “Jane Austin.” Once the poem was printed (in 100 pt. font for a 13″ x 19″ pillow), I cut it out and taped it together and in place on the LightPad.

I spread a piece of linen (cut to the size of the pillow, plus one inch added to the length and width for a seam allowance) over the poem on the LightPad.

I then used some tape to secure the fabric in place to prevent shifting while tracing the poem.

I then traced the lettering lightly with a pencil…

…turning the LightPad off after each line to make sure I was tracing all of the lettering.

After removing the fabric from the LightPad, I used a 1.0 liner artist brush and charcoal gray latex paint to paint over the pencil marks. If you’re not comfortable with a brush, you can use a paint pen.

Once the paint was fully dry, I pinned on a charcoal grosgrain ribbon in a pleated pattern to act as the pillow trim when turned right-side-out after the front and back of the pillow are sewn together.

I didn’t measure or anything. Just pinched and pinned.

I sewed the pillow together the same way I did in my Ruffled Pillow Tutorial.

I’m really happy with how it turned out.

In case you’re curious about the paragraph I used, it reads…

“Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give,
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.”

Man, that Wordsworth knew how to string some words together.

Open Studio® Taboret

TaboretPDF Info Product ManualsStore brushes, pencils, paint, small sketch books, and more on the 18 x 18 inch (457.2 x 457.2 mm) shelves/trays. Ideal platform for projectors. Measures 18 D x 18 L x 30 H inch. (457.2 x 457.2 x 762 mm)

Taboret Product Highlights

  • Made of durable steel and high quality hardware
  • Bright white powder-coated finish
  • Red non-marring, lockable casters
  • Versatile and stylish
  • Measures 18 D x 18 L x 30 H in (457.2 x 447.2 x 762 mm)
  • Assembly tools included
  • 1-YEAR WARRANTY

Open Studio® Art Cart

Art CartPDF Info Product ManualsAll-purpose cart perfect for toting and storing art and craft supplies. Fits nicely under Work or Reference Table. Measures 18 D x 30 L x 30 H inch. (457.2 x 762 x 762 mm)

Art Cart Product Highlights

  • Made of durable steel and high quality hardware
  • Bright white powder-coated finish
  • Red non-marring, lockable casters
  • Versatile and stylish
  • Measures 18 D x 30 L x 30 H inch (457.2 x 762 x 762 mm)
  • Assembly tools included
  • 1-YEAR WARRANTY

Prism™ Table Stand

accessory_design-table-standDesigned to be used with both the Prism™ and Super Prism® projectors. This newly redesigned stand attaches easily and securely to the projector and to any table edge to allow for convenient tabletop projection. Projection range is from 80% reduction up to 3x enlargement. Swivels to the floor for increased enlargement range. Please note: The Prism Lens #200-705 is necessary for table top projection.