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Post by michelb on Apr 30, 2015 10:06:11 GMT
Anyone to comment on the first results of this poll? What I have to say is that the 'AND MORE' part of our forum name seems totally justified. Of course, the statistical value of the first 25 posters is a bit short, but I think it's typical of the most active members.
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Post by michelb on Apr 30, 2015 9:41:59 GMT
I'm sorry to be a pain in the neck, but I've posted some pictures, (marked public), but none of them are showing up? Maybe someone could look in the group and see if they can see them there? When you click the Flickr Gallery button, you are shown a few pictures from the gallery. I don't know how they are selected. If you click on the link join the gallery, you have to login to Flickr, and then you can see your images. I have had several errors in the process, but I managed to get there and see your pictures.
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Post by michelb on Apr 29, 2015 19:53:02 GMT
Well, I had disabled Adblock... I have put it on again.
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Post by michelb on Apr 29, 2015 16:03:35 GMT
I Googled postimage.org and find that it is a hosting site. It has mixed reviews so wouldn't want to use it. So why is there a button in the Quick Reply window giving me the option to use it? I would have thought Flikr or some such would have been a more popular hosting site. In my opinion, popularity is totally irrelevant for our purpose. Usability is. The purpose is to easily insert an image with a preview in a post, without being constrained by the size limits or the limits in storage duration. It seems postimage does the job. The ability of this site to host galleries seems limited, so we need such additional tools. You can always show a link to your favorite (and popular) storing site, but the ease of use to show a preview is not guaranteed. As for Flickr, I hope the current problem with the the Flicker Gallery can be overcome soon.
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Post by michelb on Apr 28, 2015 7:53:16 GMT
Is it just me, but clicking the 'Flickr Gallery' button next the 'Home' one has now no effect?
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Post by michelb on Apr 27, 2015 14:19:27 GMT
Michel perhaps i am that one member who does not use pse regularly. In fact i no longer have it. I started with pse 4 and now have cs5. But I so enjoy my extended family that the program i am using is not going to keep me from enjoying the company of good people and learning a thing or two. There are many areas i can still can participate in such as the challenges. I will have two forums to enjoy and a facebook group this makes me happy. There are many excellent reasons not to use PSE regularly, but that's by far the friendliest reason for staying and playing with us .
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Post by michelb on Apr 27, 2015 9:50:52 GMT
Test: Where do the responses appear (eg this one) Ahh - here, it's just that no one else had posted I mainly use NIK as part of an action (I paid for it as part of a package on using NIK) that converts colour images to 3 B&W ones - one over, one under and one normally exposed. Yes... the first members to take part in the poll did not add any comment. Still not many answers, probably because I posted directly in the 'other' subforum. The first lesson for me is that it's easy and flexible to set up a poll. Interesting notes for me from the first answers: - There is one member who does not use Elements regularly. I am sure he/she has good reasons to come here. That can be a CC user teaching Elements, a photographer interested in other photography themes, creation, contests, sharing, gear... - In average, those answers suggest that three softwares are commonly uses (the CC plan means Photoshop plus Lightroom). That tells us that the ' and more' in our forum name is totally justified. - I did not add an 'other' option, which is bad practice, but since everybody is invited to comment...
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Post by michelb on Apr 27, 2015 6:24:29 GMT
Happy Birthday, Dicklaxt! Have a great day .
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Post by michelb on Apr 26, 2015 19:27:16 GMT
Here is what the blue channel looks like. That enhances the text. Don't remember how to extract the blue channel in Elements? - Levels (Ctrl L) - select red channel (Alt + 3) - hide it (move the right tab in the bottom output slider to zero) - select green channel (Alt + 4) - hide it (move the right tab in the bottom output slider to zero), click ok. - desaturate: Shift Ctrl U - autolevels: Shift Ctrl L Side note, although absolutely not required, all this process can be made in 16-bits mode. Do you remember how to open a jpeg in 16-bits mode in Elements? Simply open in ACR and open in the editor after setting the bit-depth menu on the middle of the bottom bar. What advantage is there to opening it in 16 bits mode? Bayla As I said, absolutely not required. In theory, the purpose of separating the channels is to get a greyscale version of each of the three colour channels. Working in greyscale in 8 bits means having 256 tones levels only. On the other hand, to be able to read the text with very low contrast means that the edit process will have to heavily 'stretch' tones to make the writing visible. Very subtle grey tone differences will be stretched possibly to black to white. Increasing the local contrast suggests that the 8-bits colour depth will produce banding and artifacts. Before adding personnal comments about this in our case, I'd like to suggest that this is a perfect test image to give the opportunity for everybody to test the difference, given that Elements can easily work in 16 bits mode except for layers, local tools and some filters. Now, my personal comments: - for our purpose, banding and artifacts are very secondary to the ability to read the writing. - There has been hot discussions about the advantage of opening an 8-bits image and converting it to 16 bits for editing. That's what happens when you edit a jpeg in ACR. I have been challenged by Pica to provide some more tests results and theoretical explanation. My results today do confirm that there is really a slight advantage. I already tried to show that advantage without success a few years ago, now I have a test protocol using the Equalize filter which confirms where 16-bits editing from an 8-bits picture is useful. However, I must say that the results have given surprising results: - With the equalizer filer, you can't show banding... but the 'equalization' effect is far better (flatter histogram). - The explanation of 'rounding errors' seems logical... but does not hold. - The explanation of 'cumulative' edits (similar to cumulative saves to jpeg) seems to be totally irrealistic in normal workflows. In ACR, there is no cumulative effects, they are all applied in a single editing session. - Those tests have been run with careful examination of histograms, to detect 'combing' and posterization risks. Now I can easily tell what the histograms really mean. There are 'combed' histograms with no visual degradation of the image... and there are fine, smooth histograms for very visible posterization!
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Post by michelb on Apr 26, 2015 6:56:07 GMT
Happy Birthday, Christell !!!
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Post by michelb on Apr 26, 2015 6:55:17 GMT
Uploading a batch of photos via a zip file is commonly used to upload many picture files in one batch, especially when uploading a lot of pages in a gallery for a book: that's the best system I have found for uploading pages to PrestoPhoto. I don't see it as a useful feature in this forum.
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Post by michelb on Apr 25, 2015 16:23:34 GMT
This is to test the possibilities of this forum for setting up polls (seems very flexible). You can choose up to four choices, but keep it simple and state only the softwares you are using regularly, not the ones you have installed for rare uses. Please add posts to add details, like software versions, softwares not in my list or rarely used softwares. Of course, including your softwares in your signature is more important than stating all your gear . I don't include organizing softwares, a distinct poll would be necessary. Thanks for participating... and updating your signature if needed.
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Post by michelb on Apr 25, 2015 7:22:00 GMT
Here is what the blue channel looks like. That enhances the text. Don't remember how to extract the blue channel in Elements? - Levels (Ctrl L) - select red channel (Alt + 3) - hide it (move the right tab in the bottom output slider to zero) - select green channel (Alt + 4) - hide it (move the right tab in the bottom output slider to zero), click ok. - desaturate: Shift Ctrl U - autolevels: Shift Ctrl L Side note, although absolutely not required, all this process can be made in 16-bits mode. Do you remember how to open a jpeg in 16-bits mode in Elements? Simply open in ACR and open in the editor after setting the bit-depth menu on the middle of the bottom bar.
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Post by michelb on Apr 25, 2015 7:00:30 GMT
I like the red but please how can I get a larger darker Font. ? This is really hard on old eyes. Thanks. Storm I am on Firefox on Win 7. To change the size of fonts, I simply use Ctrl + or Ctrl -.
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Post by michelb on Apr 25, 2015 6:44:45 GMT
For this white tulip tinged with rose-pink, I used a word overlay from French Kiss, but I think the words are French and I am not sure what the theme is? I really shouldn't put a travel theme with a stationary flower! ...that is, if the words really are words? Anyone know? For the future, if you can read the text, use google translate. Here is what Google translate gives for the French text I gave yesterday: 1907 Réparation et fournitures pour entretien des couvertures de Beslette du District et de l'hôtel ----- Réfection de 15 mètres de couvertures compris crochets liteaux et ardoises Réparation 24 heures ???40 1907 Repairs and supplies maintenance covers Beslette District and hotel ----- Rehabilitation of 15 meters covers including battens and slate hooks Repair 24 hours 40
covers = roofs . In French, couverture is a synonym of toit or toiture. Réfection = repair, re-building To repair a slate (ardoise) roof, you need to change the battens (liteaux), wooden pieces to which the slates (ardoises) are fastened by iron hooks (crochets). An image is better than a thousand words www.google.fr/search?q=Ardoise+d%27Angers&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QTU7VaL8K8rYarXRgLgL&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1536&bih=814I am very sad because the last slate mine near Angers was closed last year. www.lesechos.fr/04/03/2014/LesEchos/21639-118-ECH_clap-de-fin-pour-les-ardoisieres-d-angers-apres-six-siecles-d-exploitation.htmThat's where I have my country home built with real 'ardoises d'Angers'. Also, my wife's father was a carpenter. Not poetic, but full of meaning. About the other piece of calligraphy in this image, it's a very small part of the bottom of an act from a notary, stating the costs for various persons and that it is the first authentic copy of an act.
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