Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]often works to downsize to 800-1000 pixel jpeg on the longest side..... then upload, Steve On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:57 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information