Over 7 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Flash. 130 individual lessons in Flash 8, MX 2004 and MX. The best Flash tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Deluxe Training includes a printable instruction manual (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Flash. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Flash on your own.
Check this video out at Hi-Res here: www.tutvid.com Create these nice little metal buttons that can also be used as icons. Everything we make in this video is 100% vector so it can be used virtually anywhere! Check out www.tutvid.com for more great video tutorials!
In Photoshop Lightroom 2 Essential Training, Chris Orwig explores Adobe’s professional toolbox for image organization, processing, and output. He demonstrates effective use of catalogs, collections, keywords, and filters in the Library module; image correction and enhancement with the Develop module; and publishing the results via the Slideshow, Print, and Web modules. Chris also shares a wealth of creative tips and workflow techniques for capturing and processing stunning photographs. Example files accompany the course. Topics Include:
Understanding Lightroom s interface, modules, and new features
Importing photos from a folder, camera, or memory card
Sorting and filtering with flags, ratings, labels, and other attributes
Correcting white balance, tone, saturation, and clarity
Cropping, straightening, and retouching with the Tool Strip
Fixing color and exposure
Fine-tuning portrait, travel, and nature photography workflows
Integrating with Photoshop
Duration: 8 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System RequirementsMacintosh Requirements
OS 10.3.9 or higher
DVD-ROM drive
1024×768 resolution
24-bit video support
QuickTime 7 or higher
Windows Requirements
XP or Vista
DVD-ROM Drive
1024×768 resolution
24-bit video support
PC sound card/speakers
QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
.NET 2.0 or higher (included)
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Very good resource for Lightroom 2 users
I’m a subscriber to Lynda.com and do not own the DVD. That said I have watched most of the videos on this DVD online and they are very well done. I can’t see how anyone would be disappointed. I wanted to post an outline of what the videos covered so those considering purchasing the DVD set could make a better decision.
Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome 0:37 11.6 MB
Lightroom overview 7:22 6.9 MB
Using the example files 1:28 2.3 MB
1. Getting Started
Photographic workflow puzzle 1:14 0.75 MB
Why use Lightroom? 3:50 2.9 MB
Lightroom and Photoshop 2:14 2.2 MB
Lightroom resource links 2:13 3 MB
New features in Lightroom 2 2:52 2.7 MB
2. Setting the Stage
The Lightroom modules 1:40 1 MB
Essential interface shortcuts 4:40 4.1 MB
Customizing the Identity Plate and Module Picker 3:23 6 MB
Changing the panel end marks 1:15 1.8 MB
Changing the image background 1:39 2.4 MB
Modifying other interface preferences 2:54 4.3 MB
Dual monitor support 1:37 2.2 MB
3. The Library: Importing Images
Importing and file formats 2:56 2.6 MB
Importing preferences 2:16 2 MB
Importing photos from a folder 4:26 4.4 MB
Importing photos from a CF card 3:07 4.5 MB
Using Auto Import 2:57 3.6 MB
Using multiple hard drives 5:14 6.3 MB
Creative tip 1: Handling your camera 1:00 7 MB
4. The Library: Essentials
The Navigator 4:29 6.1 MB
Working in the Grid and Loupe views 5:39 7.9 MB
Comparing two images 4:08 5.2 MB
Surveying multiple images 4:21 5.1 MB
The toolbar 3:26 3.9 MB
Folders 7:01 8.6 MB
Working with catalogs 4:04 6 MB
Exporting catalogs 5:14 8.1 MB
Defining catalogs 0:59 1 MB
Importing catalogs from laptop to desktop 1:30 1 MB
Sharing catalogs between multiple computers 2:04 1.2 MB
Using multiple catalogs to optimize performance 2:44 1.7 MB
Creative tip 2: Backing up your hard drive 1:48 14.7 MB
5. The Library: Processing Images
Presets 2:24 3 MB
Quick Develop: White balance 2:24 2.9 MB
Quick Develop: Image workflow 3:38 5.6 MB
Synchronizing settings 2:16 3 MB
6. The Library: Organizing Images
Flagging, rating, and labeling pt. 1 5:40 6.2 MB
Flagging, rating, and labeling pt. 2 1:26 1.9 MB
Using Quick Collection 1:38 1.9 MB
Collections 3:14 4.1 MB
Smart Collections 3:47 4 MB
Stacking 3:19 4.6 MB
Renaming 1:21 1.7 MB
7. The Library: Working with Metadata
Adding keywords 2:22 2 MB
Creating keyword sets 1:05 1.4 MB
Using keyword shortcuts 1:12 1.3 MB
Synchronizing keywords 1:32 1.8 MB
Keywording with the Painter tool 0:44 1.1 MB
Creative tip 3: Taking wide-angle shots 1:37 36.4 MB
8. The Library: Finding and Sorting with Filters
Filtering overview 1:38 1.6 MB
Filtering by text 1:55 2.1 MB
Filtering by attribute 1:44 2 MB
Filtering metadata by keyword 2:18 3 MB
9. The Library: Exporting Images
Exporting files 4:26 5.1 MB
External editing preferences 1:50 3.4 MB
Editing inside Photoshop 1:45 2 MB
Opening an image as a Smart Object in Photoshop 1:04 1.1 MB
Editing multiple images in Photoshop as layers 6:18 7.1 MB
Creating a panorama 3:41 7.5 MB
10. The Develop Module: Introduction
Develop module overview and essential shortcuts 4:39 4.2 MB
Using the Develop module presets 2:04 2.5 MB
Comparing the before and after 2:56 2.3 MB
Using the Snapshots and History panels 2:35 2.6 MB
Using the Histogram panel 3:55 4 MB
Creative tip 4: Shooting in perspective 1:33 14.7 MB
11. The Develop Module: Using the Basic Panel
Correcting white balance 3:52 4.8 MB
Complicated white balance made easy 1:54 1.8 MB
Customizing white balance 3:47 4.9 MB
Demystifying the Tone controls 4:10 4.8 MB
Using the Tone controls 6:02 6 MB
Understanding vibrance and saturation 2:18 2.2 MB
Using the Vibrance and Saturation controls 4:22 4.7 MB
Creating and using virtual copies 4:32 3.4 MB
Understanding clarity 2:13 1.9 MB
Using the clarity controls 3:26 3.5 MB
Typical Basic panel workflow 5:21 5 MB
12. The Develop Module: Using the Tool Strip Tools
Cropping 5:48 7.6 MB
Crop overlay 6:26 8.8 MB
Straightening with the Crop tool 3:24 2.9 MB
Perspective, composition, and crop aspect ratio 4:06 6.5 MB
Retouching with the Spot Removal tool 4:21 4 MB
Retouching dust on a lens 2:44 3.1 MB
Fixing red-eye 3:26 4 MB
Using the Graduated Filter tool 3:57 6.5 MB
13. The Develop Module: Using the Adjustment Brush
Adjustment Brush tool overview 9:51 11.8 MB
Working with color 4:31 5.3 MB
Whitening teeth 5:01 6.6 MB
Enhancing makeup color 3:24 4.9 MB
Creative color adjustments 4:41 6 MB
Smoothing skin 6:31 7.8 MB
Burning and dodging 5:39 6.7 MB
Fixing exposure 1:33 1.7 MB
Creative tip 5: Understanding f-stop 1:16 9.5 MB
14. The Develop Module: Modifying Tone Curve
Demystifying the Tone Curve controls 3:18 3.1 MB
Correcting an image with the Tone Curve panel 3:06 2.8 MB
15. The Develop Module: Using HSL and Color
Understanding the HSL controls 4:46 5.9 MB
Using HSL to brighten based on color 1:30 1.8 MB
Creative color with HSL 1:47 1.7 MB
Desaturating color with HSL 1:25 1.4 MB
Using the Color panel 2:21 2.6 MB
Creative tip 6: Take your camera everywhere 1:11 9.1 MB
16. The Develop Module: Converting to Grayscale
Converting to black and white 1:48 2 MB
Modify black-and-white tone with the Grayscale panel 3:13 4.6 MB
Enhancing black and white with other tools 4:17 8.1 MB
Using presets to convert to black and white 3:12 3.1 MB
Creative black and white 3:55 5 MB
17. The Develop Module: Split Toning
Split Toning essentials 5:16 5.6 MB
Advanced Split Toning tips 3:39 4.7 MB
Split Toning a color image 1:47 2.7 MB
18. The Develop Module: Improving Details
Reducing noise in a grayscale photo 3:38 4.2 MB
Reducing noise in a color photo 3:55 6 MB
Sharpening in Lightroom 6:58 9.2 MB
Advanced sharpening in Lightroom and Photoshop 4:44 5.6 MB
Removing chromatic aberration 1:58 3.9 MB
Creative tip 7: Zooming effectively 0:54 10.1 MB
19. The Develop Module: Creating Vignettes
Using the Lens Correction controls 2:56 3.2 MB
Using the Post-Crop controls 4:24 4.7 MB
Combining Post-Crop and Lens Correction 2:21 2.6 MB
20. The Develop Module: Using Camera Calibration
Understanding Camera Calibration in Lightroom 3:15 3.7 MB
Creative color with Camera Calibration 2:41 2.5 MB
21. Develop Module Workflows
About this chapter 0:56 0.9 MB
Portrait: Enhancements 7:34 10.2 MB
Travel: Black and white 5:19 5.4 MB
Surfing: Cleanup 10:00 10.1 MB
Nature: Creative color 8:24 10.8 MB
Portrait: Creative color 11:00 12.7 MB
22. Slideshows
Slideshows and Collections 1:37 1.8 MB
Using Slideshow templates 2:50 4.6 MB
Customizing the background 2:33 3.1 MB
Customizing the overlay elements 3:16 4.2 MB
Customizing titles and playback 3:18 4.7 MB
Creating a custom template 2:36 3 MB
Exporting as JPG or PDF 2:58 4.4 MB
23. Printing
Printing and Collections 2:36 2.6 MB
Using Print templates 2:07 2.1 MB
Customizing images settings and layout 3:22 4.5 MB
Customizing guides and overlays 2:43 3.7 MB
Picture Package 5:17 7.1 MB
Creating a custom Print template 1:00 1.3 MB
24. Web Options
Web resource overview 1:40 1.5 MB
Selecting images with the Library and Smart Collections 2:27 2.3 MB
Photoshop Elements 3 Essential Training offers all the tools and features you’ll need to improve the look of your photographs, organize your digital photo collection, and share your photos with family and friends. Expert Jan Kabili walks you step by step through the process of importing your photos into Elements and organizing them so they’re easy to find. She explains the program’s tools and features in easy-to-understand tutorials. You’ll learn how to apply those tools to fix common photo problems like color casts, improper exposure, red eye, and much more. Jan also shows you how to share your photos in slide shows, contact sheets, greeting cards, Web photo galleries, and other special photo creations.
Detailed instructions on how to use free software to build high-quality graphic images of eBook covers. No need for expensive Photoshop. Whether using this guide to design a cover for your own eBook, or using it to build images to sell, these instructions take all the guesswork out of making the covers look perfect every time.
The guide includes resources for finding free, royalty-free images, design ideas, and graphics you can use on your covers. Design tips are included as well.
There are also resources for selling your eBook covers, or finding folks who are looking for someone to build one for them. Build your own business designing for others!
The main page of your web site should load in 8 seconds or less with a 56K modem.
According to two recent surveys, conducted by Forrester Research and Gartner Group, ecommerce sites are losing $1.1 to $1.3 billion in revenue each year due to customers click- away caused by slow loading sites.
Tips for keeping your load time down:
- Avoid large, slow loading graphics
- Avoid using too many graphics and/or banners
- Avoid using too many animated graphics
- Optimize your graphics
- Avoid using any unnecessary code
- Avoid making your pages too large
- Avoid using too much Java
- Avoid using too many JavaScripts
If a page takes too long to load, your potential customer will not wait. Ultimately costing you business.
Shelley Lowery slowery@web-source.net Tip provided by: Web Source: Your Guide to Professional Web Design and Development. http://www.web-source.net
In so many consumer activities the consumer is told how to use a particular product. In the technology sector, however, this practice is almost discouraged. Once people figure out how a particular technology product works they will use it as they see fit, not how somebody else deems fit.
How it was supposed to be used
One of these particular product areas is family photo sharing. A customer/user can simply upload a photo to an online photo sharing site or album service like Epson online photo albums. Once an image is posted it can be used for family photo sharing or to create a family album. This is how the process was supposed to work, and work well it did. The process, however, was not how the average user saw the process working.
How it is being used
In today’s photo sharing sites marketplace the whole process is undergoing a “fine tuning” of sorts. The online photo albums approach was nice but it did not quite appeal to the individual. The process was more family based. Although there is an ongoing evolution at work, people want an individual approach or an approach that links them up with people of like photo image interests. One particular group likes images of dog noses while another something else. But as is often the case in all other things internet people will flock together and this is what is happening in the photo sharing websites arena.
Top sites
Classifying one photo sharing site against another is difficult, but if looked at from a general numbers and user point of view, an idea of which photo sharing sites rank where can be approximated. Looking at a set of sites from a numbers point of view it is readily apparent that Photobucket is the leader among photo sharing sites. It may or may not be the leading site but in terms of the number of people using the site it is the number one site. For the most part, this ranking is attributed to its primary use as a tool on MySpace.com. Other leaders according to MySpace usage numbers include:
* Image Shack
* Tiny Pick
* Imgdump.net
* Flicker
Two worlds
The differences between a numbers leader like Photobucket and a user interface perspective is the ever changing dynamic between mainstream photo albums and the social networking aspect of photo sharing. Although Photobucket may be the photo sharing choice in the social networking category a package like Flickr can be said to be a leader in the mainstream photo sharing world. These users may be more accustom to using something along the lines of Epson online photo albums.
Meet in the middle
As is usually the case in these technology oriented situations the two will come together to create a common form that all may be comfortable with. Right now, there are many ideas as to what works best. Some photo sharing sites do better in one aspect and others do better in other areas. There is, at the moment, still a flux in the market. Where it will land is not yet certain.
This Article is written by James Kara Murat from PrintCountry.com, the contributor of of Dell 720 Photo Printer Cartridges. A longer version of this article is located at Top 5 Online Photo Sharing Websites
Welcome to the first and most far-reaching training on the latest version of Adobe’s flagship image editor, Photoshop CS3. Hosted by award-winning author and Photoshop Hall of Famer Deke McClelland, Photoshop CS3 One-on-One is your opportunity to delve headlong into the new Photoshop with a seasoned, knowledgeable guide by your side. Complete with task-based projects and work-along sample files, this is the ultimate insider’s guide to Photoshop CS3. Organized into 27 logical chapters, these 360 movies will load you up with the essential information and skills you need to become comfortable and competent with the standard edition of Photoshop CS3. Everything is here, from the newest enhancements to the reliable classics, from the absolute essentials to the most advanced techniques. As Deke says, “Photoshop CS3 One-on-One is about in-depth instruction, real-world projects, and an informal while at the same time detailed and painstakingly accurate approach. It s your chance to go from 0 to 60 in a single series. I hope you ll agree, this is one-on-one training at its best.” Photoshop CS3 One-on-One covers the following topics, with an eye toward addressing techniques in the order that they are best employed:
Understanding what Photoshop is and what it can do
Zooming, scrolling, and getting around an image
Making the most of the new-and-improved CS3 interface
Using Adobe Bridge to organize and manage images
Saving workspaces for maximum comfort and efficiency
Correcting colors using the Variations and Hue/Saturation commands
Taking on the professional-grade luminance editors, Levels and Curves
Resampling an image and selecting an interpolation setting
Cropping and straightening a photograph
Using the selection tools, including the new Refine Edges command
Retouching and image and healing away blemishes
Understanding masking, layering, and layer comps
Sharpening, blurring, and averaging the details in a photograph
Working with transparency and blend modes
Working with transparency and blend modes
Cloning and healing in perspective using Vanishing Point 2
Creating and editing text
Using layer effects and styles to correct photographs and achieve special effects
Making the most of adjustment layers, smart objects, and smart filters
Working with the wealth of new features in Camera Raw 4, including its ability to open photos saved in JPEG or TIFF
Stitching multiple photographs seamlessly using the new and improved Auto-Align, Auto-Blend, and Photomerge
Recording actions and printing your images
It’s a lot, to be sure. But thanks to Deke’s wit, encouragement, and charm, it goes by quickly. His promise: “Give me 7 hours a week for a solid month, and I ll turn you into the most capable Photoshop user you know.” Who could say no?
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Little to basic for me
Personally I was a little disappointed with this DvD. Not because it was a bad training guide, but because I knew most everything in it already. I’ve been a creative retoucher for 17 years and thought this DvD would get me up to speed on the new features in CS3. Which it did a OK job of.
All in all this would be a excellent training DvD for a Photoshop beginner or even a newer user. If you’ve been working in Photoshop as a Professional for many years, you might want to try a different book or DvD. One thing I did love was learning some newer keyboard short cuts. Deke McClelland is a smart guy, I hope he comes out with a much more advanced DvD in the future.
Bring out all your old storage boxes of photos, and open up all the images you’ve shot that were just “okay.” In his latest book, Matt Kloskowski shows you how to restore old photos and retouch newer ones to make your images go from so-so to great. Matt trains thousands of people each year, showing them exactly how to make their photos (and the people in those photos) look their very best. He won’t bog readers down with unnecessary details, but instead will show them, with clear step-by-step instructions, the best techniques in Photoshop Elements to make the best images. Everyone wants their photos to look great, and to be appreciated and noticed by their family and friends. With Matt’s newest book, readers will learn the most useful techniques for restoring old photos–from removing dust and mold to repairing scratches and tears–and retouching images of people–including specific sections about working on difficult areas, such as the eyes and mouth.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Photoshop Elements restoration & retouching
In one word WOW! You have to have this book, Matt explains things in simple terms and makes using PSE easy to use.
Bill
5 Stars The best ‘how to’ book ever!
I found this book at the local library and kept renewing it because it was so helpful. I have elements 6 (the book is for elements 5) but this is by far the best book on elements photoshop that I have found. I have used it many times on my photos. If you are a beginner with elements like me then you will love this book! In case you are wondering, I have also purchased 3 other elements 6 photoshop books before I purchased this book. The first was ‘Photoshop Elements 6 for Dummies’, then ‘Teach Yourself Visually Adobe Photoshop Elements 6′ and last ‘Photoshop Elements 6 in easy steps’. Now I can stop!
4 Stars The Photoshop Elements 5 Restoration and retouching book
A very informative and well written book. The man knows his subject, but does not go so far into theory as to lose the average reader.
5 Stars nice book
I love this book. It makes my life easier. What more could you ask for. This was just what i needed.
5 Stars Great “Step-by-Step” Guide
Very helpful and easy to follow. If you want a step-by-step guide to correcting some of the most common photograph problems using Photoshop Elements, then this book is for you.
Crumble Crackle Burn is not only an inspiring book for incorporating texture into design, but also an affordable tool for transforming your images with textures–you’ll receive 120 royalty-free textures you can use immediately! The book features 60 textures with beautiful full-color examples of how each texture can be used. Plus, the included DVD contains an additional 60 textures that you can also use in your day-to-day design work!
Crumble Crackle Burn showcases work from some of the most talented artists in the country, giving insight on how to incorporate texture into backgrounds, and even how to use texture as an illustration and typographic tool.
With the interesting and varied textures included in this book, you can begin adding depth, dimension and visual interest to your work immediately. Glitschka also offers useful pointers to help you do your own texture explorations, so you can notice and capture interesting textures in your everyday life.
If you don’t have the time or money to commission original photography or illustration, let Crumble Crackle Burn help you use stock imagery to its best advantage and let your imagination run wild! SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS To access and use the textures on this DVD, you’ll need at least 512 MB of RAM on either a Mac running OS X with DVD drive, or a PC running Windows XP with DVD drive. The following applications for Mac or Windows may also be necessary: Adobe Photoshop 7 or above, Adobe Illustrator 8 or above, Macromedia FreeHand 8 or above, CorelDraw 9 or above, and Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader 4 or above. Sample usage files found on the DVD are only provided in native Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Photoshop CS2 formats.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars crumble, crackle, brilliant
Not only is the book a great source of inspiration, Von gives you the tools to make it work for yourself. The files included on DVD are nice and big and there are sample files included so you can see how he applies them. Awesome book–I’m hoping there will be a volume 2…
5 Stars Stunning
Just a joy to hold and thumb through. This is professional all the way through. The paper and illustrations are art book quality. As others have said this is not a how to book. It is an inspiration book – something to get you going. With your good knowledge of photoshop (which is not the topic of this book!)and some fresh inspiration you too can see things anew and start creating.
5 Stars Great Resource for Illustrators and Designers Alike
I attended Von Glitschka’s “Illustrative Design” session at the 2008 HOW Design conference in Boston and was so inspired by his presentation and work that I decided to purchase his book of textures.
The textures provided are manipulated from actual photos that he has taken almost daily. While it is true that he does not provide detailed instruction on how to use the textures in the book, he does provide links to his website where you can find tutorials. The textures are grayscale and not “clip art”, but are intended to be incorporated into your own work to create your own illustrations and designs, which is why I suspect he has not provided specific instructions for their use. The 60 sample illustrations included in the book cover a wide range of application and showcase each texture. You also get 60 bonus textures included on the DVD that are not highlighted in the book.
Get this book, get inspired, get creative, and have fun!
5 Stars Fantastic Book
Yes, it is true that Von Glitschka does not explain how to use these textures. But that information can be had elsewhere. (Hint: Turn them into Alpha Channels and fill or knock out to your heart’s delight. This is just one way. God bless Adobe. See Creative Photoshop, chapter seven by Derek Lea for further instruction.)
Also, Von Glitschka is incredibly generous on his blog. Thanks, dude!
Buy this book.
5 Stars Love the textures!
I ordered this book thinking it was a paper back and probably not very big. It turned out to be a large hardcover with 60 full page images of projects various artists created using Von’s textures, which by the way, are shown on the opposite page in black and white so you really get an idea of how versatile the texture can be. At first I wasn’t sure how to use them and wondered how the color was added, but if you just use your noggin it is pretty simple to figure out. (I am a beginning designer/student and believe me if I can do it anyone can…)
I love the book, love the textures and have many ideas of how I am going to use them in future projects. I also think the title is very fitting, I would highly recommend this book because any worthwhile artist/designer is going to appreciate the many creative opportunities the textures provide. Way to go Von !!
Learn how to manipulate digital images using the robust Adobe Photoshop CS software from a design professional with this movie tutorial CD. In 20 short tutorials you’ll learn essential skills such as how to find your way around the Photoshop CS interface and use the tools available, as well as how to create images for commercial print, work with web graphics, and more!
Over 10 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Photoshop. 154 individual lessons in Photoshop CS4, CS3, CS2, CS & 7.0. The best Photoshop tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home – at your own pace. Includes all of the topics covered in a comprehensive classroom training. Deluxe Training includes two printable instruction manuals our students receive (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while you practice in Photoshop. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Photoshop on your own.
Over the years I’ve had numerous customers send digital image files from film photos they have scanned and request photo enlargement and prints. In almost every circumstance, the files received were scanned at too low a resolution to produce photo enlargement without resampling the original digital file to produce the requested print size. Every time you resample a digital file, the original image quality will degrade, producing a lower visual quality photo enlargement.
There is a simple technique we use when scanning film photos for photo enlargement that will produce the exact print resolution required for your particular digital photo printing system. All you need is a good quality scanner that can scan with an optical scanning resolution of 2400 dpi or more, and has a scanning setup mode that allows you to enter specific sizes and resolutions, with an image output scale or percentage listed. You must also be able to “select” the original photo with a marquee selection tool, or a similar manner to select and scan only the area of the photo.
When I say “Optical” scanning resolution I mean strictly optical. All scanners will have listed scan resolution available that are extremely high. These are usually interpolated or digitally resampled resolutions. You may have to check the scanners specifications to find out what it’s actual optical scanning limit is. Any resolution used that is higher than the listed optical resolution, will resample the digital image.
The scanning setup window or mode must allow you to enter specific parameter sizes for the output image, and allow you to enter specific scan resolutions or dpi. Most better quality scanners will have a “professional” type mode you can access to set up your scan. You will not be able to use this photo enlargement technique with the “quick scan” or “auto scan” type of application.
To fine tune the output image, or to crop to an exact print size, you should also have installed an image editing software such as Photoshop. The scanned image will not usually come out as an exact print size.
This photo enlargement technique will work equally well with any type of original film photograph. If your scanner can accept negatives or transparencies, the same process can be used to format photo enlargements from these types of original film photographs.
To illustrate this photo enlargement technique, we will be scanning from Photoshop CS using an original 4×6 photo print. To set up the scan, you need to know just two specific items. One, the size of the photo enlargement or output print size. Two, the resolution or dpi required for printing the photo enlargement. We will produce a photo enlargement of 11×14 at a printing resolution of 300 dpi.
Step One:
Place the photo on the scan bed and open the scanner setup window. Preview the photo and select the entire photo with the selection marquee. We will say the photo is a portrait orientation photo, with the photo height as the long side and vertical.
Step Two:
Enter 11 inches in the width field of the scan setup window destination or target section. You will see a corresponding height of 16.38 inches. If you were to enter 14 inches in the height field, the image width would only be about 9 inches, not large enough for your target photo enlargement. Here you may need to enter your target dimensions in either the width or height to determine which you need to enter to produce a large enough photo enlargement size. You can crop the photo enlargement to the exact print size later in Photoshop.
Step Three:
Check the scale or percentage field of the scan setup and you will see the dimensions you entered in the target size fields produce a 273% photo enlargement. This actually relates to a photo enlargement of 2.73 times the original photo size. Since you know you want to print the photo at a resolution of 300 dpi, you need to scan the original photo at a resolution of 300 x 2.73, or 819 dpi. Enter 819 dpi in the destination or output section resolution of the scanner setup window.
Step Four:
Since the actual photo enlargement will be produced through the digital image resolution, you then set the scale or percentage back to 100% and enter the original sizes or 4 inches width and 6 inches height back into the destination or output sizes in the scan setup.
Step Five:
So you should have your scanner setup with the original photo sizes of 4×6, at a scale of 100%, and a scanning resolution of 819 dpi. Go ahead and scan the image into Photoshop. Check your final image size in Photoshop by Image > Image size. We ended up with an image 4.029 x 6.0 at 819 dpi. To create the photo enlargement, simply uncheck resample in the image size window, and enter 300 in the resolution field. This will create an image 11×16.38 at 300 dpi.
Step Six:
To crop the photo enlargement to an exact 11×14, just select the crop tool, enter in the crop parameters width 11 inches, height 14 inches, and resolution 300. Drag the crop box over the entire image and position as you like. Click the crop check mark in the upper right of the screen and you have a perfectly sized 11×14 image at 300 dpi resolution ready for printing with no image digital resampling or re-sizing.
The whole point with this photo enlargement technique is to first, use the scanner settings to determine the scanning resolution dpi needed to produce the target photo enlargement size, then scan the original photo at the original size and 100% scale. When you scan a photo at it’s original size with the “scale” at anything but 100%, the scanner software resamples or interpolates the digital file. This will produce a lower visual quality image.
More information on photo enlargement of film photos can be found on our Website, or if you have any questions concerning this photo enlargement scanning technique, feel free to contact me.
Mike Kruske established PhotoArt Imaging Digital Arts Center in 1997 specializing in Photo Enlargement, Digital Photo Enlargement and Wide Format Digital Photo Printing of Digital Images. This targeted experience provides a unique insight into digital photo processing for large format print output. More info here:
Based on the device-independent CIE specification from 1976, Lab color is frequently misrepresented as a techy, labor-intensive color space. In fact, Lab color performs certain types of color modifications more quickly and with better results than RGB. In Photoshop CS3: Mastering Lab Color, Deke McClelland explores how to use Lab color ‘to make bad photographs great and great photographs even better.’ He demonstrates image manipulations that are best suited to Lab, and walks through a typical, non-destructive Lab correction. Deke also shows how to correct lighting, apply selective color modifications, and reverse the effects of color cast. Exercise files accompany the course. Topics Include:
Targeting luminance and color information independently
Saving a Lab image
Balancing and deepening skin tones
Exposing bright eyes and teeth
Sharpening and blurring in Lab
Fading and blending edits
Using Levels, Curves, and Brightness/Contrast
Embedding an RGB image in a Lab composition
Boosting shadows and dimming highlights
Changing colors with photorealistic results
Duration: 6.5 hours On 1 DVD-ROM System RequirementsMacintosh Requirements
