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"John Henry Kruer" <jhkruer@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GyupKJ.78J@lugnet.com... (...) Well I think a good image should start at the beginning, so the initial pictures really aren't that bad, but Photoshop does indeed take up the slack in the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) I think you can only download the newest version for a 30 day trial. Were can you dowload older, free versions? (...) That must be some software... (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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"John Henry Kruer" <jhkruer@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GyunzM.3xI@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) You might look into getting Paint Shop Pro. (URL) can download an old version for free and also try out the newest version for 30 days or so. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hmmmm... that's intersting. Only I don't have photoshop! :( But I think I can do that. My mom has tons of cloth. What level do you put flash on? (if it has levels, mine has low, medium and high) (...) -John (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Along with macro and the curved paper technique I use "Auto Levels" and/or "Levels" in Photoshop. Heres a picture of my setup and a link to another post I made on this (don't follow the image links in the other post, they're dead) (URL) that helps! (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) If you look at the right-hand side, there's a crease... (...) Hmmm... Thats interesting. I could maybe do that with some paper. (...) Yeah, i've found that out using my macro mode. (...) Thanks! -JHK (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) background I don't see them. It looks good from here. :) (...) From what I've seen, most are done using a technique known as an 'infinite background'. Basically, a piece of poster board, bristol board, paper, sheet etc. which starts on the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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I've noticed that lots of people take pictures with a totally white background, such as this: (URL) really like the effect. But how do you do it? I've tried posterboard, but you can see the creases: (URL) this an exposure effect? A focus effect? (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Not bad for $70! ;) I'm sure you'll be very pleased with it. Jeff J (24 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) well...that is cool...we'll be able to see some of your great work in the very near future!!! Benjamin Medinets (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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<snip> Well, guess what my dad brought home tonight: (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) It's crucial if you're taking pics of your MOCs. (...) I don't know for sure, but I would expect any camera >1.0Mp would have a macro mode. When I tried out the Canon A20 (2.1Mp) I could only get within about one foot of the subject, WITH (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) How importent is macro? And what is the cheapest camera that has it? What do you think is the 'average' closest focus? (without macro) (...) Well, the sale I have is online. :-/ (...) Argus makes a few digicams. (URL) retail price for the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) I bought my first digital camera in March, and I've never heard of Argus. Kodak made a model called the DC3200, but it was only 1.0 megapixel, and Kodaks don't seem to get the best reviews. This site (that I heard about here on Lugnet) is (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Can somebody show me an example of a 1.3 megapixel picture? Is 1.3 MP acceptable? Does less resolution = less quality? Does anybody have, or have used an Argus 1.3 megapixel DC3200 digicam?If so, can you review it? Thanks for your time, -JHK (24 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Well let me add my "me too!" I picked up the DSC-S75 last month because I wanted a fairly decent camera for under $500. It is totally fun! (And it explains my recent upsurge in image contributions to Bricklink.) But the best thing for me is (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Thanks Mark! This Cam has just about every kinda switch, dial, button, rocker switch, knob etc... on every part of the Cam. I always knew modern day cameras were small. But yeish! all the sophistication in such a small package. I would redocument (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) COOL!!!! That is one cool camera! My cousin has one of those and it is a very cool camera. I have a Sony DSC-S85 and I love it as well ;) Sony really does make great cameras. So go get some pics and share them with us!! Mark P. (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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I just picked up a Sony CyberShot 3.3 Mega pixel Digital Camera with a Carl Ziess Lens. It takes Mpegs too, I'm looking forward to leaning to use it well. So far I am pretty impressed with it. I still have my Sony Mavica 1.3 Mega pixel Camera. I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Something that may be of interest ... I haven't tried this yet, so caveat photographor. Cover your flash with a kleenex to soften the glare! I saw this tip on a very cool website of some very clever models built by a Japanese AFOL: (URL) website (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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