Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You make some very good points about Photoshop... but it is just a tool... not the Devil's tool. Photoshop's exposure-massaging tricks create effects limited by the rules of physics. For example, if Mr. Z underexposes his film by two stops, neither adjustment in photoshop nor alterations in the enlarging process of a print will recover the lost shadow detail. The "information" simply isn't there. Unsharp masking can only create the impression of a sharper photo--it cannot really correct a focusing error. While Photoshop might not be able to do anything that conventional photography tools cannot do if you aren't going to "push the envelope", so to speak, Photoshop is much easier and faster to work with. While an array of chemicals and tricks might work for a master like Ansel Adams, I find that even for fairly skilled practitioners, it is much, much faster to remove the inevitable dust spots or scratches using the clone tool than it is to whip out the retouching dyes. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com