Play with the levels On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:53 AM, The Real Bev <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/01/11 20:41, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * 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. >> > > It does just about everything I want done now that it has the nice > 'retouch' feature. 'Straighten' would be nicer if you could make wide-angle > vertical lines parallel, but if I was serious enough about that I'd figure > out how to use gimp -- which probably also has an ultra-contrast setting. > > -- > Cheers, Bev > 010101010101010101010101010101**0101010101010101010101010 > Q. What's the difference between Batman and Bill Gates? > A. When Batman fought the Penguin, he won. > -- J. Levine > > > -- > 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 google-labs-picasa-for-linux@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-labs-picasa-for-linux+**[email protected]<google-labs-picasa-for-linux%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/google-labs-picasa-for-**linux?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en> > . > > -- -- 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.
