No need to buy the book (good as it may be) since there is something
available on-line to do just that. Quoting the author (who also credits
Richard Lynch): "In addition to Curves, I also made actions to run a few
other things Adobe left out of Elements including using the Channel Mixer to
get excellent black and white conversions of color images, adding a Layer
Mask to a layer, and using Selective Color adjustments."
http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html
NB these do not (yet) work for Elements 4.0
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of ScottGee1
Sent: 07 November 2005 20:18
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Another Christmas present that wasn't quite so free
In his 'The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements' books, Richard Lynch
provides a CD that adds Curves to Elements toolkit as well as some other
nice add-ons.
ScottGee1
On 11/7/05, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I find that for my tastes, after a while, Kelby's attempts at humor
> get in the way of getting on with the business at hand. For working
> on photos I recommend Katrin Eismann's "PhotoShop Restoration &
> Retouching". This is my bible. This book assumes you are a
> photographer and not a graphics artist. It's very direct and to the
> point and is intended to teach you specific techniques, usually in a
> half dozen pages or less. Highly recommended. The third edition is
> just now coming out and will be available soon. I have the second.
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321316274/qid=11313818
> 32/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7391642-2729728?v=glance&s=books>
>
> If you only have Elements you'll have to figure out something
> different when curves come into play but I think the vast majority of
> what's in Eismann's book can probably be done with Elements 3.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> ScottGee1 wrote:
> > Right place, right time, right product! Cool!
> >
> > If you haven't already done so, you might want to consider getting
> > one of Scott Kelby's books on Elements. He consciously takes a
> > somewhat different and, IMO, refreshing approach than other books.
> > There's even a bit of that humor stuff sprinkled throughout.
> >
> > Also, Wacom has a LOT of educational material both at their site and
> > via by request CD/DVD. You might want to give 'em a call -- nice
> > folks!
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > ScottGee1
> >
> >
> > On 11/7/05, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>The other thing that happened this weekend was the purchase of a new
> >>computer. Ended up getting one of those nifty (but large) laptops
> >>that are classified as "workstations". Definitely a lot of
> >>horsepower and a bigger, higher-quality. Also picked up a WACOM
> >>tablet while I was at it.
> >>
> >>I went with a Gateway (7330GZ). I know, I know, but these days no
> >>choice is safe. I've got Compaq and HP laptops here at work and
> >>their failure rate is pretty brisk. Dell was probably my first
> >>choice, but I wanted to do a little comparison shopping.
> >>First went to C*mpUSA and they tried to jam a $2300 beast down my
> >>neck. Like that was going to happen. Next, went over to B*stBuy
> >>and looked at the shmuck that they had there. But lo-and-behold,
> >>here sat one lonely beast of a laptop that was priced really well.
> >>Oh, and that screen was sooooo bright and contrasty and sharp! (it
> >>also displayed the test images from dpreview the best too) No other
> >>laptop (except for a high-end
> >>Mac) had a screen anywhere as good and the screen was much better
> >>than nearly all of the desktop LCDs. Spec-wise, the thing just blew
> >>away the T*shibas and H*Ps laying there.
> >>Something's wrong here with the price. I checked it over and saw
> >>that it had a built-in Compact-Flash slot as well as FireWire.
> >>
> >>Ended up snagging one. We took the unopened box over to the Geek
> >>Squad (really!) and had the guy with the broken glasses, misbuttoned
> >>shirt and greezy hair do the system checkout.
> >>(seriously, I'm not kidding). My major concern was that I wanted a
> >>screen with ZERO dead pixels. That seems to be a rarity these days.
> >>Every LCD in my department has multiple dead spots as well as my
> >>wife's laptop. So, I really wanted to make sure that mine was as
> >>good as possible. Nadda, not a single dead pixel. I didn't use a
> >>magnifying glass, but came pretty close to it.
> >>
> >>Got home and looked at the receipt. Bummer. The WACOM was supposed
> >>to have a $25 instant rebate. I didn't catch that at the store.
> >>Well, the next day I went back to the store and got that taken care
> >>of. Just out of curiosity, I walked over to the laptop displays and
> >>did a double take. The price changed on the laptop. Overnight it
> >>went up $150. Talk about timing!
> >>
> >>Anyway, to the important stuff...
> >>
> >>The new laptop is a real dream for working with images. The screen's
> >>extremely-wide viewing angle has very little gamma change when
> >>moving your head around. The colors are quite accurate and the depth
> >>of detail is uncanny. I'll do some additional profiling on the
> >>screen, but from what I've seen so far, my onscreen test images are
> >>very close to the printed output. I only had to do very minor
> >>tweeking of the gamma. I could stand to put in some more RAM, but
> >>this thing is easily 10 times faster than my desktop it replaces and
> >>for processor intensive things, it's probably 20-30 times faster.
> >>Never had a computer with 1GB of processor cache before. (Pentium P4
> >>mobile 3GHZ something). RAW file conversion went as fast as three
> >>seconds per file, but averaged about five seconds each. I can live
> >>with that. This computer processor is a power-hog and I can see
> >>that cranking through a few hundred RAW file conversions could
> >>really toast the battery in a hurry. Probably should get a couple
> >>more batteries...
> >>
> >>The WACOM will take quite a bit of getting used to, but I've wanted
> >>one of these for a long time. It also came with Ph*toshop Elements
> >>3.0 (I know, 4.0 is now coming out). I didn't know that 3.0 could
> >>convert both Minolta RAW files and Olympus RAW files. Doesn't do
> >>too bad of a job except the colors look a little pasty in comparison
> >>to Olympus Viewer/Studio. They are a bit sharper, though. That
> >>shadow/highlight and noise-reduction aspect isn't bad either. I
> >>just need to figure out how to get the colors a little snappier and
> >>skintones back where I want them. No biggy either way as I'm
> >>pleased with Viewer, except for the fact it won't process Minolta
> >>files and I typically shoot events with the cameras interchangeably.
> >>
> >>Speaking of the Minolta A1 files, I did try Elements 3.0 at
> >>converting a couple of my Grand Canyon shots. Very impressive!
> >>The noise level (even with the noise-reduction turned off) is about
> >>half that of the Minolta converter. When pixel-peeping, it looks
> >>like the alignment of the bayer pattern is more accurate with
> >>Adobe's converter. The colors are yucky, but the sharpness (at
> >>least a full step on an USAF lens res chart) increase and noise
> >>reduction are definitely a nice offset. Talk about breathing new
> >>life into an old camera--this might delay a new camera purchase by
> >>another year which by itself would pay for the laptop.
> >>
> >>Ok. I don't want to ramble and this definitely isn't a "brag"
> >>post. I just wanted to pass on some info on a purchase that I'm
> >>very pleased with for photographic applications. I thought it
> >>represented an acceptable "bang for the buck". It met and exceeded
> >>my expectations and requirements. My only beef with it is the
> >>rather whimpy feeling case. Must be a little more careful than with
> >>one of my old bricks.
> >>
> >>AG
> >>
> >>
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