* The Real Bev <[email protected]> [08-01-11 23:19]: > On 08/01/11 14:21, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > >* The Real Bev<[email protected]> [08-01-11 16:39]: > >> Rather than make photocopies of rebate materials, I take photos to > >> be stored in my /rebates/ subdirectory. The problem arises if I need > >> to print one of these images. I've tried a number of methods, but > >> all > >> result in a lighter or darker gray for the 'white' backgrounds. > >> > >> Is there a GOOD way of maximizing contrast approaching an actual photocopy? > > > >don't know about "GOOD", but I ... > > > >effects => B&W > >tuning => Neutral Color (color picker) > > pick nearest to dead white > > > >see if that fits... > > Better is zeroing out the saturation and boosting the highlights, but > it's not perfect. You'd think this would be a handy function and > easy to implement -- only two colors!
You are *assuming* picasa is a graphic editor which it is but only to a very basic extent. Picasa is to graphics as windows is to a general computer ?user?. It is an easy, hide-the-control, and do what the designers believe you should do; rather than a full-blown editor which requires you to know the controls. Picasa is good for quick and easy but not much past. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
