On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 21:08, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > You pick one of your pictures (one that you typically had difficulties in gettng > > > right), > > fresh out of the scanner - send it in a reasonable size to a number of volunteers > > on the > > list (I'll be one of them) who will do their finishing and adjustments according > > to their > > taste (no competition). > > > The pictures will be put up somewhere for all to see and ponder upon, and you'll > > > be able > > to see if any of them will be to your liking and the guys who did the job can tell > > you and > > all of us what and how they did to it. > > > This way you, and anybody, might get some valuable hints on basic digital > > photofinishing. > > > What do you think? > > > Lasse > > > This is why i love this list.:-) > > That would be a great idea.I'll have to go back and look(I'm at work now)and re > > look at > > some. > > Great. We'll start off this project with one Dave's pictures, when he's got one > ready for us. > I'd like to extend this idea further and to the list introduce Workshop of the Week, > or WOW for short for the subject line as above. (If anyone got a better suggestion > for a subject line ID, speak up.) > Anyone on the list can offer a picture of his/hers and ask for help or just for a > second way of finishing it. > Submitted "interpretations" by volunteer photofinishers will be put up on the web. > The supplier of the photo, or anybody, can comment and ask about the hows and whats > that was done to the picture and probably learn a bit here and there as we proceed. > And voil� - eventually the PDML will have gained reputation as the expert digital > photofinishers on line! :-) We'll all be experts! > Apart from my kidding, do you think it's a good idea? > > Anyone can join or benefit from it in some way. > > For this first round on Dave's picture we've so far got > Larry from Prescott > Butch Black > Paul Stenquist > and me > as volunteers. > But there is room for more. > > My idea is NOT to make his a competition of who's going to do "the best" version of > any picture, but rather to use some basic techniques that will be available for > anyone's software, not only for the latest exclusive Photoshop tricks and such. > Each participant will keep track of what he/she is doing in order to be able to > report it if asked about it. (You could make notes, do screen shots of tools (levels > etc) you apply, or maybe even record the steps as actions... Comments welcome.) > > What d'ya all think? > Shall we give it a try as an ongoing project? > > Lasse > > Count me in as well.
-- Frits W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
