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Re: No money...no batteries...what's an AFOL to do?
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lugnet.publish.photography
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Sat, 13 Jan 2001 13:45:23 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Frank Filz writes:
> I use Paintshop Pro. Depending on the image, I either reduce it's size
> by a factor of 2 in each dimension, or I crop the picture to a
> reasonable size.
> Frank
Paintshop Pro is pretty good, and older versions have appeared on magazine
cover CDs - where most of my software comes from. v4.15SE is what you want
- a working version, not a demo. This won't do .GIF images, but you can
save as bitmaps and use a utility like BMPTOGIF (search the web for it; but
all your photos should be .JPG anyway, and so you may as well have full 24
bit colour - only use GIFs for plain colour drawings, icons etc. with
limited palettes).
I use PsPro's 'resample' to reduce my images by half in each direction (it
can do any size you like, and will maintain the aspect ratio [height/width
proportions] for you). This blends the pixels together, rather than just
trimming rows and columns out of the image.
I usually 'soften' or 'soften more' (blur slightly) the image before
resampling, then sharpen it afterwards. This takes out any grain, and gives
a nice sharp edge to the Lego.
You can also use the touch-up tool to sharpen parts of the image that were
out of focus.
As for your battery problem, I always use a multi-voltage smoothed mains
adapter when I do downloads from my digicam to the PC - this is what kills
the batteries.
Excellent ship by the way!
Jason J Railton.
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