Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 10 April 2001, "Jason Hall" wrote: > > I tried saving at 72 dpi, no difference. The problem is not > photoshop, in photoshop they display ok, the problem only crops up > when I view the pics in an alternative image editor, or sometimes as a > web page. I cant understand why they often look ok attached to an > email, then the artifacts crop up if I open them in micrsoft photo > editor! Im left with no idea how it will look on the monitor of the > person Im sending it to! > > 14" monitor set to 16 bit hi colour 800x600, doesnt my browser use the > same setting? > > I just tried saving a photo of someone elses from the web that > displayed perfectly in my browser, when I tried to open it up in PS I > got a dialogue box claiming the embedded greyscales/gamma were > different to my default and asking me to convert, I converted it and > it still looked fine, I then opened it in Photo Editor and the > artefacts were back! > > One of my own pics 800x600 saved at 7 gives me a file of 95k which is > acceptable I spose, but its still displaying the wavey lines in the > large highlights! Ill stick to a minimum of 7 in future and I guess > Ill just have to accept that its a fact of life with some pics. > > I find the whole digital thing completely frustrating! > > Thanks for the suggestions > > Jason > Jason, are you editing and re-saving image files that had been previously saved as jpg files? If so your artifacts will multiply. My work-in-progress is always saved as photoshop files, jpg is only for output to web. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/