You don't seem to get it, Herb. I like fiddling with Photoshop. I like doing things the slow, old fashioned way. I do value my time, and am often quite busy. Fiddling in PS is relaxing, takes my mind off other pressures. I do many things the old fashioned way. People buy bread makers and throw some ingredients into a machine and go off to work expecting to come home to find the bread made. I sometimes make my bread by hand, mixing and kneading the dough, letting it rise a time or two while the house is filled with the wonderful smells of flour and yeast. I get my hands into it. I sometimes make pasta in a like fashion, mixing the flour water and eggs together by hand and rolling out the dough manually, trimming it with a knife. I recently refinished a table. Put the table in the back yard and spent a glorious weekend sanding it by hand, enjoying the sound of the birds, the fun of watching the cats play amongst the bushes, and reveling of the feel of the wood against my hand, and conversation with a neighbor or two as they stopped by to chat. A friend offered me the use of his orbital sander. Could have finished the job in a couple of hours, but the noise would have frightened the cats, stifled the birds, and annoyed the hell out of me. For me it's the process as much as the result, the journey as much as the destination.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you scan your images some of the time. Photoshop lets you do lots of things, > but it can't do everything necessary for high quality image output without > some help sometimes. Adobe recognized this a long time ago when they created > the plugin interface. spending 3 or 4 hours fiddling with an image when it > can be done in 30 seconds with a plugin means you don't value your time very > much. i thought you wanted to take pictures. > > Herb... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: OT: Reducing File Size with Photoshop > > > > Who said anything about "digital capture?" Hey, I'm just some schmuck > > amateur photographer who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground > and > > who uses film and clunky 40yo cameras. Every now and then I can get a > good > > exposure, and if the subject happens to be in focus as well, I'm happy. >
