Printing on A3-paper

[Beth Haney]

Happy Birthday!!! Although I'm so late in reading this, I don't think it's even your birthday any more where you are, but it is where I live!

[Leen Koper]

Like I wrote before, thanks to all of you.
Chuck, sharing knowledge is a moral obligation to me. I've learned so much from other people and that's why I'm always willing to share my knowledge, even in a language that sometimes might look funny as I'm not a native speaker.

Moreover, I think the profession has lost too much respect due to people who pretend to be a professional photographer and hardly know how to hold a camera. In my opinion a photogapher should earn respect because he/she should be a real craftsman, who knows how to deal with light. All other extras like Photoshop can add to the impact of an image, so whenever there is an opportunity I try to learn from you folks.
Although, sometimes I get a little discouraged when I see what people like Jodi have mastered in such a short time, compared to my own progress. But I 'll keep on trying. ;-))

Leen

[Chuck Snyder]

Leen, thanks again! And to you and Susan, I want to report on my first
somewhat jumbled experiment with upsampling. I made some serious mistakes,
but the result was interesting:

I began with an unedited camera image, 2272x1704 pixels and I used resize
with downsampling to get a 4.5 inch by 6 inch, 300 ppi which I would print
as my base. Then I duplicated that one and downsized it with sampling to a
4.5 inch by 6 inch, 133 ppi (why 133? I actually downsized by pixel
dimensions to 800x600 and 133 was the result). Then I duplicated again and
was going to take the 4.5x6, 133 and 10% increment it up to 4.5x6, 300.
Here's where I got confused and decided to print the first two....on the
same sheet of photo paper. Well....to make a long story a little shorter,
what I wound up printing was the original and one that had now been
upsampled (automatically when using the handles on the move tool to expand
the linear dimensions) to 300 ppi - in one move. I didn't figure that out
until after I printed it, but....there was no discernible difference between
the original and the upsampled printed images, even though the upsampling
occurred in one big gulp! I haven't gone back and done the 10% increments
because I wasn't sure how I was going to tell it from the others...! That,
and the bell went off indicating my black ink reservoir was low, and I have
none at home...

Bottom line on this first experiment: upsampling is not as bad as I and
others have advertised... Leen, thanks again for shedding some light on
this subject!

Chuck

[Leen Koper]

You are welcome.
But I didnot invent it; I was just only the messenger. (but sometimes messengers get their head cut off)

I think the strength of this forum is the divers background of the people. Some are in the IT bussines, some from the graphic arts world, some, like me, are photographers and the majority is just only enthousiastic about producing stunning images in their spare time.

I think it would be nice if we had the opportunity to meet each other in person. This could be a wonderful learning and teaching event. Maybe somewhere in New England in fall?
AFAIK Jodi lives there, it is close to Canada and just only 7 hours flying from Europe to Boston.....

Whoever might start to organise this, I volunteer to stage free (usual entrance fee about 200 euro) portrait seminars. ;-))

Leen

[Susan S.]

Leen - I will be visiting Toronto and somewhere near Albany (close to Jodi I think), and then on to my parent's place in England in September - at this stage we'll be in Canada/New York State from 6-16 September - final details to be arranged (we still haven't booked flights yet) . Then London(mainly)/Oxford(weekend of October 4th)/Cambridge until October 15th. I would love to meet as many of you as possible...(Downside of the trip - Andrew's laptop doesn't run Elements - he hasn't upgraded to 9.1, and doesn't want to in case it messes up an otherwise perfectly functioning system. How am i going to cope for six weeks without it!!))

Susan S.

[Pete D]

Susan,

Maybe a stop into a Sam's club or an Office Depot or Staples while in that
states is called for. Then you can have your own laptop. (Just bring along
your PSE CD)

Pete

[Susan S.]

Don't tempt me Pete! But I've already got a loooooong shopping list (and zero budget).

Susan S.

[Pete D]

Susan,

There are a lot of 6-12 month same as cash deals..... (hmm, those don't
even enter in to the current budget)... something to think about eh?

Pete

[Susan S.]

I suspect that I would require a US address to enter into one of those deals (they would want to find me in 12 months to get their money!)....and i'm afraid I'm one of those rare creatures these days that pays cash or if I use credit cards I pay it off in full each month.

Susan S.

[Chuck Snyder]

Susan, if you were coming through Houston, I'd lend you my laptop for the
rest of your trip. It's a PC type, loaded with Elements 2 and PS7, and just
sitting idle at the moment...

:-)

Chuck

[Pete D]

Chuck,

What a nice offer to Susan. And Susan, that sounds like a good enough
reason to change destination to Houston

Yeah Chuck, I think you are a hell of a guy no matter what everyone says
about you

Pete

[Susan S.]

Thank you Chuck, but it's not currenty on my list of destinations! (I'm trying to cut down the number of places on the itinerary as my husband tries to make it more and more complicated - I like visiting new places but I dislike travelling, if you know what I mean - the thought of all those long-haul plane trips, long car drives on the Wrong side of the road, all with a four year old and six year old in tow fill me with fear and trepidation....)

susan S

[Chuck Snyder]

Susan, I would never suggest a stop in Houston to a person coming to North
America to 'see the sights'; sadly, it's not a beautiful place overall,
although it has its spots - where I try to hang out. Go north and enjoy -
and be safe!!

:-)

Chuck

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