Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I used IP I got some help from the Yahoo ColorByte forum, though it's been somewhat quiet lately. As I recall there was a thread showing how to soft-proof b&w. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/colorbyte_imageprint/info Ken On 3/16/2015 5:35 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > I want to do this because when I make a 10x15 print of a landscape on > 13x19 paper, I don't want to have to twist my neck 90 degrees in order > to eyeball what I'm doing. Tech support at ColorByte confirms that > there's no way to change the orientation. They are worried that their > customers might become confused the printer lead edge moved to screen > right rather than screen bottom. > > Here's why I want to do this: > 1. There's more elbow room for setting the black point than in LR > 2. I want to print title and my name under each image ... can't do > this easily in LR, and turning everything 90 degrees in IP is a PITA. > 3. I will experiment with the split toning capabilities. They are way > more sophisticated than LR. > > Both products are seriously lacking in the annotation dept. In LR, I > guess you make multiple virtual copies ... but how do you tell one > from another w/o studying the panel settings? This is especially > annoying when you're evaluating slight changes in a single control, > plus it's too easy to absently mindedly change one of them when you're > casually considering what-would-happen-if's. I try to print on paper > big enough to keep notes in the margins. > > > -Lew Schwartz > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> Let me know what happens Lew. My guess is that it will expect you to feed >> the paper into your printer in landscape orientation: that's why I've >> never >> used it. I think that's why there's no landscape orientation out of the >> box... >> >> Curious as to why you want to do this. I do virtually no adjustments in IP >> other than maybe selection the black point compensation. The reason I >> don't >> do much is that there is no way to save any adjustments you do in IP so >> you >> either have to remember or take notes to create the exact same print. I >> guess you could always reprint from Spoolface, but that's a PITA to keep >> track of especially if you print, adjust in IP, reprint, etc. The file >> name >> remains the same and you have multiple items in the Spooler with the same >> name. >> >> So wondering why you want to do this... >> Best, >> Bob >> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Lew, >>> In the dashboard under paper there is a LetterLand option which will give >>> you a canvas that is letter sized and landscape oriented. >>> You can create user defined profiles that will do the same for you for >>> any >>> sized paper. >>> Best, >>> Bob >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> That rotated the image, so horizon lines are vertical. I want to >>>> rotate the work space to landscape orientation. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -Lew Schwartz >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> from the top menu, View->Tools should be checked. It opens up a very >>>>> important tool box with two rotation icons, clockwise and counter. >>>>> Yes? >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> I wonder if any LUGers can help out. I just took the rather steep >>>>>> plunge into ImagePrint and I'm stumped right out of the box. Most of >>>>>> the stuff I have to print in the near future is landscape oriented. >>>>>> ImagePrint seems somewhat dogmatic in representing the sheet in >>>>>> portrait orientation. Annoying since I want to see how stuff looks in >>>>>> landscape mode with title, etc... underneath. Is there a way to rotate >>>>>> the page representation? >>>>>> >>>>>> (I know there are some wiseacres out there who will recommend waiting >>>>>> until it comes out of the printer and turning the print ... or just do >>>>>> my editing while laying horizontally. I mention this to save time.) >>>>>> >>>>>> -Lew Schwartz >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Bob Adler >>>>> www.robertadlerphotography.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Bob Adler >>> www.robertadlerphotography.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> Bob Adler >> www.robertadlerphotography.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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