Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did I say GIF? I meant TIFF. Actually in my upload software (it's a windows 'wizard') there's an option for downsizing the images which i should remember to use. I may re upload these to see the difference. Thanks for hte advice. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Vince, > > Sounds like you have received some good advice on the RAW conversions. I > have never tried posting GIF images to the LUG gallery, but they seem to > have worked ok. I normally post either JPG or TIFF images. I have found > that I get best results by sizing the images to 700 or 800 pixels on the > long dimension. Your flower image appears to be 4000 pixels on the long > side, and, when the gallery software resizes it to fit the normal screen > size, you get a very soft image. Enlarging the image using the "double > square" at the top or bottom gives the full size that was uploaded, which > cannot be viewed as a whole. You might also experiment with removing the > default size info in the second edit option block, so that your chosen size > is displayed as you uploaded it. I find that they look better that way. > > Good luck in mastering all of these options. I find it has been worth my > while to do so. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Passaro" < > passaro.vince at gmail.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photoshop Altamont -- some questions for the wisdom > ofthe LUG. > > > > am doing so. many thanks. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> yes, now for CS4 try Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 support for G1...download and >>> install, should work OK, >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: >>> >>> > Well. >>> > >>> > I fooled around until far far too late an hour last night and learned >>> some >>> > things, one of which is CS4 can't open G1 raw files. Further, when I >>> opened >>> > a few G1 jpegs in CS4 Camera Raw and messed around with them -- I even >>> > taught myself how to use lasso tool, how to smooth out my terrible >>> efforts >>> > with lasso tool, and reduce the glare on a particular portion of my > >>> photo >>> > that had light bouncing off some glass -- these files saved as anywhere >>> from >>> > 25MB to 60 (!!!) MB in size. To mount them on the lug gallery I had to >>> save >>> > for web, which made them into 5MB tiff files but also stripped away > >>> some >>> > layers of the work I'd done and rendered what had been clear and deep > >>> now >>> > noisy and fake looking. >>> > >>> > But I posted them anyway for your helpful comments and instructions. >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/Photoshop+Altamont/ >>> . >>> > Two 'Photoshopped" files and one prior for comparison. >>> > >>> > Meanwhile, I went looking for why CS4 could nae open me wee G1 raw > >>> files, >>> > and so found an Adobe update/patch to download (Camera Raw 5.2, equiv > >>> to >>> > whats in the LR 2.2 beta I believe), downloaded it, but also read the >>> > following asterisk which I wonder if one of you might take a stab at >>> > explaining to me. It appears to indicate that the D-Lux-4 and various >>> > Panasonic models (two of which I own, happy me) have a proprietary raw >>> > program which Adobe cannot really deal with yet so they advise one not, >>> for >>> > now. If one does, files will be three times the size of other converted >>> raw >>> > files... because of a tripling of the mosaicing or demosaicing or > >>> however >>> it >>> > works. Any comments on this wil be MOST helpful. Here's the text: >>> > >>> > **With the release of Camera Raw 5.2 (and upcoming release of Adobe >>> > Photoshop? Lightroom? 2.2), there is an important exception in DNG file >>> > handling for the Panasonic DMC-LX3, Panasonic DMC-FX150, Panasonic >>> DMC-FZ28, >>> > Panasonic DMC-G1, and Leica D-LUX 4. For those who choose to convert >>> these >>> > native, proprietary files to the DNG file format, a linear DNG format > >>> is >>> the >>> > only conversion option available at this time. A linear DNG file has > >>> gone >>> > through a demosaic process that converts a single mosaic layer of red, >>> > green, and blue channel information into three distinct layers, one for >>> each >>> > channel. The resulting linear DNG file is approximately three times the >>> size >>> > of a mosaic DNG file or the original proprietary file format. >>> > >>> > This exception is a temporary solution to help ensure that Panasonic's >>> and >>> > Leica's intended image rendering from their proprietary raw file format >>> is >>> > applied to an image when converted DNG files are viewed in third-party >>> > software titles. The same image-rendering process is applied >>> automatically >>> > in Camera Raw 5.2 and Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 when viewing the original >>> > proprietary raw file format. >>> > >>> > In a future release, Adobe plans to update the DNG specification to >>> include >>> > an option to embed metadata-based representations of the lens >>> compensations >>> > in the DNG file, allowing a mosaic DNG conversion. In the interim, > >>> Adobe >>> > recommends only converting these files to DNG to allow compatibility > >>> with >>> > third-party raw converters, previous versions of the Camera Raw > >>> plug-in, >>> or >>> > previous versions of Photoshop Lightroom.* >>> > . >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Leica Users Group. >>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >