Re: [pinhole-discussion] my first photo

2002-04-16 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
I use photoshop too. Photoshop is designed to be a pre-press tool, allowing one to manipulate an image file with the assumption that the image is going to end up in print finally - though this isn't often the case. Gimp is designed primarily as a tool to manipulate images that live on computers

Re: [pinhole-discussion] my first photo

2002-04-15 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
I use gimp :) Gord On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Jeff Dilcher wrote: Good job! What kind of camera are you using, and what kind of focal length? I have always shot film, but would like to experiment with paper. What did you mean by Gimp curves? changing contrast? I have found that this is

Re: [pinhole-discussion] my first photo

2002-04-15 Thread G.Penate
- Original Message - From: Matti Koskinen mjkos...@koti.soon.fi I have Corel PhotoPaint) I use only Linux and Gimp, win98 crashes almost every time I try to scan. You're doing the plugging but not the praying, obviously. Remember W98 is plug and PRAY! I placed a #0 filter behind my

Re: [pinhole-discussion] my first photo

2002-04-15 Thread Matti Koskinen
thanks. Yes, I used Gimp curves to change contrast. One thing is my scanner isn't really a hi-end one and that causes even more problems to contrast and tonality. As my win98 is mainly for my kids to play (though I have Corel PhotoPaint) I use only Linux and Gimp, win98 crashes almost every

Re: [pinhole-discussion] my first photo

2002-04-14 Thread Jeff Dilcher
Good job! What kind of camera are you using, and what kind of focal length? I have always shot film, but would like to experiment with paper. What did you mean by Gimp curves? changing contrast? I have found that this is almost always necessary with my pinhole film scans, and even my digital