Sandokan Posted October 6, 2006 Share #1 Posted October 6, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) The grey background is not good for B&W posts and the colour ones also do not look so good. Rather than change to white or black background, how about an automatic black or white or both border around each image posted? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 Hi Sandokan, Take a look here Background & Border. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
rob_x2004 Posted October 9, 2006 Share #2 Posted October 9, 2006 If you cant frame them yourself then give up I reckon. Or dont be lazy and work it out. Auto frames would suck. While grey isnt my choice either, and I would rather see a dark grey but it would need to be a browser safe colour, it is only a matter of taste and really....does it matter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambroving Posted October 9, 2006 Share #3 Posted October 9, 2006 If you cant frame them yourself then give up I reckon. Or dont be lazy and work it out. Auto frames would suck. While grey isnt my choice either, and I would rather see a dark grey but it would need to be a browser safe colour, it is only a matter of taste and really....does it matter? In a word, YES. We had the option of a darker grey background in the Testforum, but Andreas did not offer the option here. I, for one, would prefer it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted October 9, 2006 Share #4 Posted October 9, 2006 Hi Ravi I think it's very much a personal thing. When I was creating my website I experimented with black and white backgrounds and felt that both detracted from the images - especially b&w. In the end I settled on a fairly neutral grey - which rather ironically is what we have here. It would be nice to have it user-switchable though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted October 9, 2006 Share #5 Posted October 9, 2006 Putting your own background or border round your image is very easy and gives you complete control. Some images might benefit from a white border, while others might need a grey one. This neutral grey we have now wouldn't fight with either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted October 9, 2006 Share #6 Posted October 9, 2006 It would be nice to have it user-switchable though. Which user do you mean - the photographer or the viewer? The photographer can change the background in his software, the user can do it (since a few seconds ago) here in the forum - take a look at the very bottom of this page and change "Leica Forum Standard" to "very light" or "very dark". Caveat: Quick & Dirty hack... The problem is how to bring both of them together - how can the photographer show the image how it was meant? Regards Andreas PS.: the styles are very temporary and will have a short live span... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted October 9, 2006 Share #7 Posted October 9, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Andreas, I think you react to something like this too quickly. The dark is a bit hard with the fonts, and the white...anyway that is a matter of taste. Dark with a black font though is a genuine problem. I think if you have a look at some peoples presentation, you will see people who wish to, do make the effort to present, and it works. Without taking names in vain I would say have a look at AB's borders, he presents his style well and it wouldn't matter what you look at them against. Stefan Rohner used his negative / enlarger carrier to 'frame' his image. It was deliberate, minimal, said quite a bit about his philosophy about what he felt made a decent photo. I guess that is lost on a lot of people. In fact framing often says something about the image or the mindset of the presenter and thir attitude to photography. Imposing a border would be...an imposition. Hows that for polite. Here is hoping the backgrounds too, manage to stay reasonably neutral, and are at least thought through with respect to text and other graphics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambroving Posted October 10, 2006 Share #8 Posted October 10, 2006 Andreas, If you wouldn't mind, can you please configure the darker grey you did for me on the Testforum which is roughly half way between the grey we have here and your very dark which is really only useful for viewing pictures, not text. You remember..., the one "for tired, old eyes". Please keep this as a permanent feature. Rob, PSE2 doesn't do frames and unless you want to pay for my upgrade... Seriously, when I did my own B&W (which I never shoot anymore), my prints were mounted flush on "museum mounts" which were 2" deep. Color works best on well-lighted darker walls IMO, or on large transparencies on black-framed light boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted October 10, 2006 Share #9 Posted October 10, 2006 William, admittedly I have never used PSE2 before now but here goes, Click on background colour, select black, wisest to select web colours for browser safe. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! In the menu across the top select image>resize>canvas size (yea I know three steps but it is photoshop what do you expect) Add a few millimetres (or pixels if that is your default) in black, centre the image and if it has an aspect ratio called 'relative' in photoshop (go figure) switch it off. Click on background colour picker again and set to white, and repeat the process to add a wider white My left foot. Cool huh. All up, about forty seconds on the laptop, without a mouse. You can tool around and find drop shadows if you like. Offset the frame to give releif, all sorts of things. Probably quicker than shuffling through a menu searching up what you want in a proprietry package of web frames. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! In the menu across the top select image>resize>canvas size (yea I know three steps but it is photoshop what do you expect) Add a few millimetres (or pixels if that is your default) in black, centre the image and if it has an aspect ratio called 'relative' in photoshop (go figure) switch it off. Click on background colour picker again and set to white, and repeat the process to add a wider white My left foot. Cool huh. All up, about forty seconds on the laptop, without a mouse. You can tool around and find drop shadows if you like. Offset the frame to give releif, all sorts of things. Probably quicker than shuffling through a menu searching up what you want in a proprietry package of web frames. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/6728-background-border/?do=findComment&comment=67497'>More sharing options...
lambroving Posted October 10, 2006 Share #10 Posted October 10, 2006 William, admittedly I have never used PSE2 before now but here goes, Rob, Thanks for your effotrs. I'll have a go on my day off as heavy rain is forecast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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