Re: improving jpg resolution

2010-05-29 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi, you can apply sharpening in Photoshop as well which you are already using. You mention windows software that might improve your images further. I'm wondering what you have in mind. Also, how many pixels were there in the originals before cropping. Cheers, Susan On 29/05/2010, at 12:50

Re: improving jpg resolution

2010-05-29 Thread Denise Williams
Hi Chris Have you tried the Filters in Photoshop? When you have the drop down menu of filters go to Sharpen and then depending on your version of Photoshop you'll have a few choices of the type of sharpening available. Best to use Unsharp Mask. Remember to keep the radius to no more than 2.5 and

Re: improving jpg resolution

2010-05-29 Thread Pat
If you have Photoshop CS3 or above, try Image -- Adjustments -- Shadows/Highlights. This can provide better sharpening than the Sharpen filter alone. Pat On 29/05/2010, at 2:32 PM, Denise Williams wrote: Hi Chris Have you tried the Filters in Photoshop? When you have the drop down menu

Re: iPhone use in New Zealand

2010-05-29 Thread Robin Belford
Supplementary question. Can anyone supply similar information for France? Thanks, robin On 29/05/2010, at 2:21 AM, lem1 wrote: Thank you. Cheers Kane On 29/05/2010, at 7:09 AM, Malcolm Burtenshaw wrote: XT network. Prepaid SIM from a Dick Smith or one of the XT shops over

Re: G5 problems

2010-05-29 Thread Jon Davison
Evening all. I have two old G5's at home that seem to have developed the same problem and I can't figure it out. Both emit a double beep when starting up, then the fans come on and stay that way. I have tried taking the RAM out putting it back in again, the same with the two HD's, the

Re: G5 problems

2010-05-29 Thread mince and pud
Hi Jon This may well be rubbish but better I suggest it than not have you run fsck on them lately? This happened on my imac (well, the fans, not the double beeps) after running fsck and I had to run it again and typeexitat the end instead of rebootand that fixed it. Might

Re: G5 problems

2010-05-29 Thread Jon Davison
Thanks for the reply Alastair, but how on earth do I do that? I don't even know what it means. Plus how can I do that if it won't even start? Help Jon On 29/05/2010, at 11:04 PM, mince and pud wrote: Hi Jon This may well be rubbish but better I suggest it than not have you run fsck

Re: G5 problems

2010-05-29 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi Jon, You may try resetting the SMU as per Apple's article at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436 or reset the PRAM by doing the following as per Apple's instructions: Reset your computer's PRAM (parameter RAM) by doing the following: -If you iMac (or G5 in your case) is on, turn it off by

Can't access Skype

2010-05-29 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
Good Morning everyone, I cannot open Skype and and I haven't been able to access precise situation to help with a resolution in archives or Google. The only change I can recall since it last opened successfully is a new wireless router (thank you, Daniel). Can I safely download Skype again

Re: G5 problems

2010-05-29 Thread mince and pud
Hi Jon Philippe's suggestions may have fixed it but if not the following might be worth a try - though it was running fsck that caused the problem with me and you obviously haven't done that. Still it won't do any harm to start in single user mode http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492

Re: Can't access Skype

2010-05-29 Thread James / Hans Kunz
if you reinstall/update skype it should take over your exisitng settings contact list to make it more foolproof...look for the skype in applications move/ rename the app, then download/install the new one James On 30/05/2010, at 11:32, Jennifer Lefroy wrote: Good Morning everyone, I

Re: G5 problems

2010-05-29 Thread James / Hans Kunz
if you have the fans only goingit may be a hardware problem.power supply faulty??? James On 30/05/2010, at 11:54, mince and pud wrote: Hi Jon Philippe's suggestions may have fixed it but if not the following might be worth a try - though it was running fsck that caused the

iPhoto 09 Help not opening content

2010-05-29 Thread Barry Sexstone
Recently I upgraded my iMac and transferred all my files etc from my previous machine. Part of the transfer was my iPhoto library and this was upgraded from 06 on the old machine to 09 on the current one. All seems well apart from the fact I have just discovered that when I open iPhoto help

Re: iPhoto 09 Help not opening content

2010-05-29 Thread Ronda Brown
On 30/05/2010, at 12:29 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Recently I upgraded my iMac and transferred all my files etc from my previous machine. Part of the transfer was my iPhoto library and this was upgraded from 06 on the old machine to 09 on the current one. All seems well apart from the