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121  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Too Quiet on the Western Front on: August 02, 2020, 05:39:05 PM
Thanks, that helped a lot. Now I just need practice. I find with the pandemic I'm not shooting as much as I used to because I don't go out and about as much. Probably need to do some old fashioned table-top photography.
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122  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Too Quiet on the Western Front on: August 01, 2020, 11:51:26 AM
No problem with profiles or printing, just the editing of colors. I think I'm used to pre-bottled functions in my other programs like "vibrancy", which doesn't seem to be the same thing as saturation. There are also sliding hue adjustments I use quite often. Qimage works on a more fundamental level, which I like, but I can't always duplicate what those other programs do.
123  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Too Quiet on the Western Front on: July 31, 2020, 10:31:35 PM
I check in here one or two times a day and it's sure quiet! I've been trying to do as much of my image processing in Qimage as possible, thus my recent question on cropped sizes. I was doing that elsewhere, but it's one more thing where I don't have to. My next learning needs to be on color adjustment. I'm just not up to speed there and need to watch some tutorials.
124  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Resize cropped area on: July 21, 2020, 03:19:08 PM
Ah ha! I never got to that screen with the resample choice. Works a treat. See, I knew the problem would be me, not Qimage. Thanks Fred & Mike!
125  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Resize cropped area on: July 20, 2020, 07:45:25 PM
Close, but I don't want to crop to a specific pixel dimension. I set the crop ratio as you describe, then crop what I need. At that point it's probably some much higher resolution than the HD format I'm going for. I was hoping to crop and resample in a single step. I can certainly save the file and then resample in a second go around, but I keep looking at the resolution boxes and thinking, there must be some way!
126  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Resize cropped area on: July 20, 2020, 03:53:17 PM
Is there a way to resize the cropped area to specific numbers? Say I crop to HD proportions and want to resample such that the cropped area is exactly 1920x1080. Obviously the entire image will be whatever it turns out to be, but I don't care about that when I export my file.
127  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: hair pulling. on: July 13, 2020, 03:11:49 PM
I'd add something that worked for me. Download a known good test image and pay zero attention to your monitor. Print it as described above. If that goes properly and you get a good print, the monitor has to be adjusted to match that, not the other way 'round. I like the one here- http://www.outbackphoto.com/printinginsights/pi048/essay.html
128  Mike's Software / Profile Prism / Re: Canon Pro 100 on: July 06, 2020, 02:54:05 PM
FWIW, I use Profile Prism with my PRO-100 and Red River paper. IMO, the profiles I get are better than the Red River ones for the same printer. My scanner is an old Epson 4490 photo.
129  Mike's Software / Profile Prism / Re: New computer-windows 10 version 2004-compatability issue. on: June 06, 2020, 09:36:27 PM
Don't feel bad. Most of my problems are self-inflicted. I've been using Profile Prism a lot more lately and find it's just as useful as ever.
130  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: DFS Sharpening on: June 02, 2020, 01:18:28 PM
I'd like to add that all this stuff is highly image dependent. My criteria is, "does it look natural?" That comment was made in the video about the grass and that's where the tone filter is great. It's easy for some things to take on a harsh or wax museum look if you go too far. If the images are very good to begin with, DFS (with no tone filter) numbers beyond about 2/100 give problems. I have images where 2/50 is about the limit before I start to see problems when pixel peeping. OTOH, on other images I go way beyond that, so there's really no general rule. Experiment!
131  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Windows 10 Nightlight Feature on: June 01, 2020, 11:34:05 AM
Just curious- would it be possible for Qimage to turn off the Windows nightlight feature, then turn it back on again when done? Depending on the adjustment, the nightlight can really mess up color balance if you don't realize it's on.
132  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Out-of-gamut for monitors? on: May 24, 2020, 06:26:32 PM
That's what I like about Qimage. Everything under-the-hood works right even if I don't always understand it!
133  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: Out-of-gamut for monitors? on: May 23, 2020, 12:03:43 AM
Hmmm... Should I care about the difference, or is it not worth worrying about? What if my printer is great but my monitor is a POS?
134  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Out-of-gamut for monitors? on: May 22, 2020, 07:48:01 PM
Maybe a dumb question, but since we check for out-of-gamut for the printer, can the same thing be done for monitors? I'm pretty sure my PRO-100 covers a wider range than my sRGB monitor, at least in some directions.
135  Mike's Software / Qimage Ultimate / Re: v2020.118 issues/comments on: May 01, 2020, 09:34:37 PM
Clever feature, seems to work well. I also noticed the warning if I try to examine before a rebuild is complete. Thanks!
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