Nicely done. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:54 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought you'd like to see the postcards I made, having discussed the > process. These were for a rangefinder forum postcard trading effort… This > is the one I sent to myself: > > back: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47923851738_c856af51e1_h.jpg > front: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47923850571_60496f6e54_h.jpg > > enjoy! > G > > > > On May 18, 2019, at 10:29 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Making postcards the way I do is a bit labor intensive, but the results > are very nice. > > > > I use Epson Hot Press Natural paper. It's got a very smooth, matte > surface and is 330gsm weight … almost card stock (about 17 mil). The color > is a lovely warm white that images both B&W and color with deep tones very > nicely. My printer is an Epson P600. I print postcards four up on 8.5x11 > sheets from Lightroom and trim to size them at 4 3/32" x 5 13/32" size. > > > > To print the postcards, I have a backside template and a frontside > template in LR. I print the typical postcard guide lines and provenance on > the backside first, placing and sizing it so that the typical "printer > float" dimensionally allows me plenty of trimming leeway but not too much. > I then print the frontside images, four up, and butt them together on the > page. > > > > Once a run is all printed, I pull out the Rototrim and do all the > trimming cuts. > > > > I've got tickets to see Deadmau5 in Hollywood and again in San Jose and > San Franciso later in the year. :-) > > > > G > > > >> On May 18, 2019, at 7:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >> I'm curious about how you go about making postcards. I experimented > with Costco poster board. > >> > >> After the crazy road trip delivering mom I hung out in Oregon a bit, > and am at the Portland Lindy exchange this weekend. Lots of great dancing > to awesome bands. > >> > >> On May 18, 2019 5:30:58 PM PDT, Godfrey DiGiorgi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> Been working on making postcards for a postcard exchange all day. > >>> Deadline is Monday; I just picked the photo that I'll use... :-) > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
