leicar7 Posted August 18, 2006 Share #1 Posted August 18, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is a repeat of a thread I submitted on the "Customer Forum" side a few days ago, and one respondent suggested I place it here also. The advice thus far has been very specific and helpful So here goes.... I fought it for 20 years, but have finally thrown in the towel. I bought the following equipment and software versions for use with Windows XP: DIMAGE 5400 II w/ driver 1.02 PS 6 (belongs to daughter) SAMSUNG Synchmaster 20" monitor EPSON R2400 printer also the Kodachrome and Ektachrome Calibration Test slides I would most appreciate any and all advice, to include reference to old threads on this forum, concerning how to overcome several of the more vexing aspects of starting up, to wit: Calibrating the scanner Getting the printer to give the color balance and contrast evident on the monitor What EPSON papers give the highest quality results for exhibition at 12" x 18" size? What is the most effective color space (Adobe RGB, or some other) and is there some way within PS 6 to get all the components into this space? What I hope to do standardize on full frame images at 7" x 10.5" and 12" x 18". Thus far, the print results are not badly off. Compared to the monitor, the prints on Premium Glossy paper need a bit more contrast, about 5% more red, and about 5% less magenta. I was scared of the time PS would require to learn to use, let alone master, but, the first results are almost as good a kick as getting the little boxes back and the contents onto the light table. This may be a lot more fun than I thought. Most of my work has been on Kodachrome, with, more recently, a mixture of K with E100G, some Provia 100 and 400, and Velvia 100. I'm interested in cleaning up and improving straight images in the manner of what could be done in a darkroom, not manipulating all or parts of them for other artistic or graphic purposes. Thank you so much, Tom Campbell P.S. Thus far I'm not confident that my attempted searches of the old forum's archives are actually happening. The results all look too recent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abrewer Posted August 18, 2006 Share #2 Posted August 18, 2006 Hi Tom! Welcome to the Forum! The best primer on Photoshop I know of is Brian Tompkin's essay: Bryan's PS for Dummies Link There's lots of web video tutorials around, too. Enjoy the digital darkroom! Post some pictures soon! Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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