Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson prints
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:21:25 -0600

No problems! Just fun. I am now, having mastered image resizing without
resampling, calibrating my monitor and printer.

John Collier

> From: "Barry Dinan" <hawkeyecreative@hotmail.com>
> 
> Hi John,
> Are you having a problem setting the print size, if so contact me as I use
> it regularly - Epson 900.  It's all to do with pairing image resolution with
> print size in your Photoshop 'Image' pull down menu.....
> Barry D
> 
> RE:
> 
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 19:40:28 -0600
> From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
> Subject: [Leica] My first computer darkroom print
> Message-ID: <B5CDCDAC.873D%jbcollier@home.com>
> References:
> 
> I just printed off my first image on my Epson Stylus 750 and all I can say
> is...... Wait, I am getting ahead of myself.
> 
> I had a few scans done of problem negs from ten or so years back and shot
> them into PhotoShop LE to have some fun. Very impressive. You can get right
> down to individual pixels. Amazing control and that undo feature makes
> experimenting fun and painless. So I tweaked the levels and curves, did a
> little burning of a few hotspots and retouched the eyes slightly.
> 
> Then I got out the brand new superduper photo paper and fired up the
> printer. Selected highest quality, hey I use Leicas, and punched the launch
> button. I turned to my darling wife and told her proudly what I was up to
> and noticed that the printer was finished. I turned around and the paper
> looked blank! I pulled it out of the machine and there.....right in the very
> centre.....was a negative sized, high quality, image!
> 
> I kind of like the big white borders, don't you?
> 
> John Collier, still learning after all these years
> 
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