Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Got it. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > often works to downsize to 800-1000 pixel jpeg on the longest side..... > > then upload, > > > Steve > > > > On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:57 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > > Did I say GIF? I meant TIFF. > > > > Actually in my upload software (it's a windows 'wizard') there's an > option > > for downsizing the images which i should remember to use. I may re upload > > these to see the difference. Thanks for hte advice. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net > >wrote: > > > >> Vince, > >> > >> Sounds like you have received some good advice on the RAW conversions. > I > >> have never tried posting GIF images to the LUG gallery, but they seem to > >> have worked ok. I normally post either JPG or TIFF images. I have > found > >> that I get best results by sizing the images to 700 or 800 pixels on the > >> long dimension. Your flower image appears to be 4000 pixels on the long > >> side, and, when the gallery software resizes it to fit the normal screen > >> size, you get a very soft image. Enlarging the image using the "double > >> square" at the top or bottom gives the full size that was uploaded, > which > >> cannot be viewed as a whole. You might also experiment with removing the > >> default size info in the second edit option block, so that your chosen > size > >> is displayed as you uploaded it. I find that they look better that way. > >> > >> Good luck in mastering all of these options. I find it has been worth > my > >> while to do so. > >> > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN USA > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Passaro" < > >> passaro.vince at gmail.com> > >> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:29 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photoshop Altamont -- some questions for the wisdom > >> ofthe LUG. > >> > >> > >> > >> am doing so. many thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Steve Barbour < > steve.barbour at gmail.com > >>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> yes, now for CS4 try Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 support for G1...download and > >>>> install, should work OK, > >>>> > >>>> Steve > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Well. > >>>>> > >>>>> I fooled around until far far too late an hour last night and learned > >>>> some > >>>>> things, one of which is CS4 can't open G1 raw files. Further, when I > >>>> opened > >>>>> a few G1 jpegs in CS4 Camera Raw and messed around with them -- I > even > >>>>> taught myself how to use lasso tool, how to smooth out my terrible > >>>> efforts > >>>>> with lasso tool, and reduce the glare on a particular portion of my > > >>>> photo > >>>>> that had light bouncing off some glass -- these files saved as > anywhere > >>>> from > >>>>> 25MB to 60 (!!!) MB in size. To mount them on the lug gallery I had > to > >>>> save > >>>>> for web, which made them into 5MB tiff files but also stripped away > > >>>> some > >>>>> layers of the work I'd done and rendered what had been clear and deep > > > >>>> now > >>>>> noisy and fake looking. > >>>>> > >>>>> But I posted them anyway for your helpful comments and instructions. > >>>>> > >>>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/toast+eatin_+bog+man/Photoshop+Altamont/ > >>>> . > >>>>> Two 'Photoshopped" files and one prior for comparison. > >>>>> > >>>>> Meanwhile, I went looking for why CS4 could nae open me wee G1 raw > > >>>> files, > >>>>> and so found an Adobe update/patch to download (Camera Raw 5.2, equiv > > > >>>> to > >>>>> whats in the LR 2.2 beta I believe), downloaded it, but also read the > >>>>> following asterisk which I wonder if one of you might take a stab at > >>>>> explaining to me. It appears to indicate that the D-Lux-4 and various > >>>>> Panasonic models (two of which I own, happy me) have a proprietary > raw > >>>>> program which Adobe cannot really deal with yet so they advise one > not, > >>>> for > >>>>> now. If one does, files will be three times the size of other > converted > >>>> raw > >>>>> files... because of a tripling of the mosaicing or demosaicing or > > >>>> however > >>>> it > >>>>> works. Any comments on this wil be MOST helpful. Here's the text: > >>>>> > >>>>> **With the release of Camera Raw 5.2 (and upcoming release of Adobe > >>>>> Photoshop? Lightroom? 2.2), there is an important exception in DNG > file > >>>>> handling for the Panasonic DMC-LX3, Panasonic DMC-FX150, Panasonic > >>>> DMC-FZ28, > >>>>> Panasonic DMC-G1, and Leica D-LUX 4. For those who choose to convert > >>>> these > >>>>> native, proprietary files to the DNG file format, a linear DNG format > > > >>>> is > >>>> the > >>>>> only conversion option available at this time. A linear DNG file has > > > >>>> gone > >>>>> through a demosaic process that converts a single mosaic layer of > red, > >>>>> green, and blue channel information into three distinct layers, one > for > >>>> each > >>>>> channel. The resulting linear DNG file is approximately three times > the > >>>> size > >>>>> of a mosaic DNG file or the original proprietary file format. > >>>>> > >>>>> This exception is a temporary solution to help ensure that > Panasonic's > >>>> and > >>>>> Leica's intended image rendering from their proprietary raw file > format > >>>> is > >>>>> applied to an image when converted DNG files are viewed in > third-party > >>>>> software titles. The same image-rendering process is applied > >>>> automatically > >>>>> in Camera Raw 5.2 and Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 when viewing the > original > >>>>> proprietary raw file format. > >>>>> > >>>>> In a future release, Adobe plans to update the DNG specification to > >>>> include > >>>>> an option to embed metadata-based representations of the lens > >>>> compensations > >>>>> in the DNG file, allowing a mosaic DNG conversion. In the interim, > > >>>> Adobe > >>>>> recommends only converting these files to DNG to allow compatibility > > > >>>> with > >>>>> third-party raw converters, previous versions of the Camera Raw > > >>>> plug-in, > >>>> or > >>>>> previous versions of Photoshop Lightroom.* > >>>>> . > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >