Nope! I can do 640x480, but not 800x600 which I prefer, in the camera.
The quality of the image is much poorer if done at a small size in the
camera (that may or may not be true with a DSLR which I do not have).
Also I may want to make a print from it, as I did of the watch. So I
find it works better to do a full-size raw image in the camera, convert
to a *.psd, and use bicubic sharper to downsize, and then save for web
to convert to a *.jpg with all the extraneous info removed. Oh yeah, I
also usually have to crop the image because I am too cheap to buy two
different light tents, I use a mid-sized one that will not let me get
the camera close enough to fill the frame with a watch sized subject,
but will work fine with something the size of the knife (or an average
size teddy bear <grin>).
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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E.R.N. Reed wrote:
graywolf wrote:
Addendum:
Of course one of the points Bill makes with his rather sarcastic
reply is that doing it right in the camera saves a lot of time in
Photoshop. Another point, is that while my attempts needed some
PS'ing, I did know why they needed PS'ing. Folks who only know how to
use their camera on "auto" often have no clue as to why they have to
do all that PS'ing of their images. After about two more tries I
think that all I will need to do to an eBay image in photoshop is
reduce the size and save for web. In other words fine tuning. Also, I
knew what I needed to do it right, before I started. I just did not
have the money for it.
Graywolf, couldn't you also get it to the appropriate small size in
the camera, leaving you with just Save For Web to do in the computer?
(Just curious.)
ERNR
