In a message dated 1/5/2003 4:03:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My preference at the moment is for what water-colourists call > 'giclee'. Here they scan their watercolour, and print it > digitally > onto watercolour paper specially sized for inkjet printers. Yes, aware of this. Went to a gallery showing about six months ago that was all computer related. Some were just computer generated, some used parts of computers. Many of the prints were made with an Iris printer. Asked questions. I guess it went defunct about 10 years ago (as a company) but is still being used by artists. Very large, very expensive. People don't buy/own their own but rent its use from studios. Supposedly some newer home printers are using more and more of the giclee technique. (Well, the upper end, expensive types.) Well, like Doug said I am also a computer geek -- so all I really need are a film/slide scanner and a better printer. Already got a good computer with memory and drive space to burn. Now I just need to win the lottery and/or make more money. I feel I have already overtalked in this thread, but wanted to add one thing. I have finally figured out what is wrong with the photos that I took with the Pentax 50mm. There is not enough yellow! The leaves would be less blue, the whites (sunlit areas) would be muted, and the reds would be less predominate with more yellow. So either their printer was running out of yellow ink (there seems to be a tad of it) and/or the guy operating the machine did not set the color balance correctly. That great relieves my mind regarding the 50mm lens. And, yes, the pictures are sharper than what I got with my Albinar zoom. (The color was just off.) Doe aka Marnie :-)
