george koller on wed 21 jun 00
JAlexan491@AOL.COM wrote:
> As one who works everyday with digital cameras in my graphic arts "day job",
> resolution is everything on these cameras. Buy as much resolution as you can
> afford.
My point is only that FOR WEB RELATED work, per my experience, even the
maximum 0.85M of my Olympus 500DL seems like resolution overkill. Also there
is a pretty steep price curve for those last 0.2Megs or so and this could likely
price a
person out of the digital camera market altogether - which might not be the best
thing
if the primary purpose is not highest quality images for other purposes.
(was that a run on sentence or what?)
==========
HERE IS A QUESTION I HAVE:
I have been using PhotoShop for image manipulation for many years but have only
limited dark-room experience many years ago (and I did not keep up with it).
What I would be very curious to hear about would be a "dark-room" to
Image manipulation software (like Photoshop)comparison by somebody
knowledgable about both.
The immediate question for most people might be: "Do the Image Manipulation
packages (ie PhotoShop) help you with digital photographs as much as doing
dark-room work can with conventional film. Quality, versatility, time, ability
to preview, colors, and etc......
Note1:
For my particular use I have found the "PaperCut" filter in Photoshop to be "The
Door" to a whole "flavor" of art which I have learned to appreciate in my own
way. Warning: This is for image preparation purposes to images to be applied
to ceramics NOT for Slide intended to show a piece at best advantage - two
entirely different purposes.
Note 2:
In my particular business I have found it POSSIBLE to display, for
marketing purposes, either for product source image, or the final product. The
young fellow doing our Website didn't see the clear line that I do - that it would
be entirely unethical to present a "source image" in anyway that might naturally
be taken for an real world actual product. But a powrful tool none-the-less for
clearly showing a potential customer what they might expect. Many issues here, I
think, and perhaps a timely one, as anybody with any digital image, whether they
are aware of it or not, whether they are intending to be 100% ethical or not
can cross that line with the click of a mouse button......
Ray Aldridge on thu 22 jun 00
Just a quick note: Photoshop is a terrific program I've used for many
years, but it is very expensive. If you're willing to set up a Linux
partition on your machine, there's a freeware program called GIMP that
duplicates much of the functionality of Photoshop.
I'm off to the hinterlands.
Ray
Aldridge Porcelain and Stoneware
http://www.goodpots.com
Marek & Pauline Drzazga-Donaldson on thu 22 jun 00
Dear Ray, the GIMP programme that you mentioned is also available as a =
free download for Windows (11MB - so you need to be patient) at most =
free software download sites. I used the Opera Browser (free for 30 =
days) which has loads of freeware sites and downloaded the GIMP for =
Windows. I have not really experimented with it yet, but hey it's free. =
I am thinking of getting the Olympus C3030 - Zoom, as this has movie =
capabilities as well as 3.2 Megapixel capabilities, just need to save =
the dosh for it. The digital camera will supplement my other cameras =
(35mm - all 6 Olympuses as well as a Mamiya C330) that I love using, but =
I thought I would cut out the scanning operation for saving shots for my =
archives.
Happy potting Marek http://www.moley.uk.com=20
Donald Burroughs on fri 23 jun 00
Hi Marek
Where did you download GIMP for Windows? I would really appreciate the
link.
Sincerely, Donald Burroughs
donaldo@autobahn.mb.ca
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To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Darkroom VS PhotoShop (digital cameras)
Dear Ray, the GIMP programme that you mentioned is also available as a free
download for Windows (11MB - so you need to be patient) at most free
software download sites. I used the Opera Browser (free for 30 days) which
has loads of freeware sites and downloaded the GIMP for Windows. I have not
really experimented with it yet, but hey it's free. I am thinking of getting
the Olympus C3030 - Zoom, as this has movie capabilities as well as 3.2
Megapixel capabilities, just need to save the dosh for it. The digital
camera will supplement my other cameras (35mm - all 6 Olympuses as well as a
Mamiya C330) that I love using, but I thought I would cut out the scanning
operation for saving shots for my archives.
Happy potting Marek http://www.moley.uk.com
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