Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Same experience, so I use Maxtor external hard drives. On must be careful with HD size, however. I have lost 5 o 6 drives (and all the information they contained) over the last 15 years. If one has the time to do it, there's no substitute for burning CDs with the images one cannot afford to lose. achilles - --- "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <jgp@gilplant.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, Photoshop can't create layers on a > 16-bit/channel > (48-bit RGB) image. Global adjustments with curves > and levels must > therefore be made on the original (I save a copy of > the raw scan, in > fact several copies at various stages, and I save > out my levels and > curves so I can remember what I did. Of course I > also have to keep > buying more and/or bigger hard drives!) Layers for > 16/48-bit images > would be a nice feature in PS 8, but then I'm > _really_ going to need a > fast G5 :) > > Gilbert > > On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Eric Welch > wrote: > > > You should always use adjustment laysers on > original photos, rather > > than actually adjust the actual image. It is the > equivalent of your > > negative and should NEVER be modified unless you > can take it back. > > This is one of the most important things to > remember, and pretty much > > renders most of Photoshop's competition to also > ran. > > > > So either use adjustment layers (and I hear in > Photoshop 8 there will > > be filter layers too) or make a copy and work on > that. > > > > Don't ever change the original. (I speak from > experience!) > > > > On Saturday, August 16, 2003, at 01:20 PM, Daniel > Ridings wrote: > > > >> Yes, that helps. Question: should I mix in layers > here? > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html