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by spb
Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:44 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: January 2011 - Digital Group - Optimising For PCs
Replies: 2
Views: 9761

January 2011 - Digital Group - Optimising For PCs

An excellent start to the new year with 30 in attendance and lots of images to discuss. CHANGING A PARTICULAR COLOUR In response to a request from Vic Attfield, we spent a little time looking at how to change the colour of a specific part of an image eg an item of clothing. The official tool in Phot...
by spb
Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:42 pm
Forum: Alternative Printer Inks & Inking Systems
Topic: Compatible Inks - User experience
Replies: 2
Views: 19933

Re: Compatible Inks - User experience

Yes, I've heard from a member (can't remember who) in the past that InkRite are OK. It might be worth asking in the Digital Group about experience with compatibles. I think the main concern is with colour consistency and quality for the best photographicresults. However, for everyday use and office ...
by spb
Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:46 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: December 2010 - Digital Group - Audio Visuals
Replies: 0
Views: 8219

December 2010 - Digital Group - Audio Visuals

The subject for beginners tonight was Printing. After covering the basics, I went on to say that I have updated my paper entitled Why Doesn't my Print Match My Screen? This covers the process of colour management and profiling of screens and printers and is essential reading if you are having colour...
by spb
Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:45 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: November 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Panoramas
Replies: 0
Views: 8324

November 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Panoramas

The beginners subject tonight was Pixels and Resolution and revealed that 4 megapixels is enough to produce a sizeable print of high quality at 180 dpi which is the native resolution of Epson printers. PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Available now, the latest version of this highly recommended software now inc...
by spb
Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:37 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: October 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Image Noise
Replies: 0
Views: 7954

October 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Image Noise

Welcome to the new season and especially to the new members and guests, visiting for the first time. The beginners subject tonight was Opening, Viewing and Saving Files. I am still recommending XnView as an excellent free general-purpose image viewer for all operating systems. Any recent version of ...
by spb
Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:41 am
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: April 2009 - Digital Group Mtg - Image Management Software
Replies: 3
Views: 11802

Re: April 2009 - Digital Group Mtg - Image Management Software

Since writing this last year, I have settled on XnView as my Image Viewer of choice. It has done everything I asked of it - although a few preference settings needed attention before I was entirely happy. As a freebie - it's a stunner! Faststone was initially more attractive but was too slow to prev...
by spb
Fri May 07, 2010 12:20 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: May 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Colour Workflow
Replies: 1
Views: 8595

May 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Colour Workflow

Many thanks to Peter Lovelock of Colour Confidence for giving up his evening to try to demystify Colour Management for us. Within the wealth of information, there were a few key nuggets of gold. Here is my summary; Everyone sees colour differently, we can't trust our eyes to make reliable judgements...
by spb
Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:13 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: April 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Sensor Cleaning
Replies: 0
Views: 8547

April 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Sensor Cleaning

The beginners subject tonight was PC Housekeeping, in which we covered filing, backups, security and routine maintenance. A couple of recommended applications are SyncBack Free which synchronises backup folders and Acronis True Image Home ($59) which creates an image of a disk for total restoration ...
by spb
Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:42 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: February 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Painter & ColorMunki
Replies: 3
Views: 10534

February 2010 - Digital Group Meeting - Painter & ColorMunki

37 attended this month - I think that's a new record and approaching the capacity of the room! BEGINNERS I have done my best to convince everyone to use Adjustment Layers for Levels, Hue & Saturation etc. The benefits of reversibility and control are clear and I can do no more! ARTMASTER & THE BUZZ ...
by spb
Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:53 pm
Forum: Digital Group
Topic: December 2009 - Digital Group Meeting - Artmaster & Buzz
Replies: 4
Views: 17687

Re: December 2009 - Digital Group Meeting - Artmaster & Buzz

UPDATE FOR BUZZ ONLY..... Buzz Pro version 3 is available to download from here . I have downloaded it, checked it for viruses and installed it, and it works fine. This version was the expensive one with lots of additional effects. I only ever used Simplifier One and the rest (if necessary) is bette...