Spent some time creating a small flyer with PS Elements, what a faff, multi layers, massive files.

Thought, you idiot, why not use Ultimate floating text.

Job done in a few minutes.

Jeff     

I use the 'cut our' function

A 1000 x 1000 black tiff with the required text.

My © sig cut out attached

The cut out folder is in C: Prog Data> ddisofware> Qimage> cutouts

jeff

Same here.  Close and restart.

Jeff

Fred & Terry

RB Camera Club. -  Ruston Bucyrus  -  defunct Lincoln UK engineering firm building excavators.  All that's left is the Camera Club.
see also USA Bucyrus Erie.  &   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruston-Bucyrus.

Progs Tested.

Watermark Software.com
Watermark Pro
Batch Watermark Photos
Star Watermark Ultimate
Total Watermark

Selected as worth using -

Ais Watermark.  but eliminated as apparently like RB defunct even their payment was system was kaput and the trial ver. had a intrusive watermark the could not be clined out.

TSR Watermark 3.6.03  this I found usable without too much help file consultation.
With this prog I have a blank 1000x1000 black.tiff as a template and then bang the watermark on this and save to QI cut out folder.

Most difficult part is giving a suitable cut out file name and keeping track of same.  This is an age related attention deficit syndrome.

You experts could achive same with PS. PS Elem. and what have you, but I find them difficult.  ?syndrome

Jeff

 

 

I have got there in the end, I am not that good with PS Elements and such, used to be able to use Elements 4 in XP days.

So went the long way round and installed 6 watermarking progs.

After much experimation settled on one and created the required embossed transparent watermark, infact 3 versions - nil transparent, 50% and 75%  -  works well and not to intrusive.

Easy now to  create additions versions, and simple and fast to add to images in QI  save for web. and upload to site host.

Jeff

I came across the term in a TV play - Rumple of the Bailey.

 Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an elderly London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs. The TV series led to the stories being presented in other media including books and radio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey


Jeff

The emboss would look just like the attached image.

To explain - We have a request to place a water mark on images on our club website which I run and I think a QI cut out is the best way to mark images to discourage plagiarism and keep consistant tidy presentation.  I would probably need three of four with various placements to avoid faces etc.

I am still in the messing about stage. I have got some way to creation with Affinity - 2nd attachment.  That is a first attempt at anything serious with Affinity. 

Thanks for any help, must close down now SWMBO has just called.  Back again later today.

Jeff

 

   

Hello All.

Is it possible to create a clear custom embossed water mark 'cut out'?

I have PS Elements 7 and instruction book for PSE 4 and am struggling.

No problem creating text and © in any colour, but clear embossed has defeated me.

Jeff

Our camera club had an interesting lecture last week.

It was on pure photo shop creation of art work.

But the interesting thing was the prints were on metal and of stunning quality, apparently a costly procedure, large prints costing hundreds of pounds £

I did ask if it was possible to shove a metal plate though my canon, apparently not

The artist - Gary Nicholls site is at  http://g-n-p.co.uk/

Jeff

Thank you Fred.

2018 has been a bit tedious at times, but we can always join in the Forum and see others have problems and that folks like yourself are there to cheer us up.

Keep up the good cheer in 2019.

Jeff

Is that you Fred?

Jeff

I doubt I will ever need this level of up sampling, but a very good understandable video explaining the process.

Thanks, all adds to our general knowledge.

Jeff   

I had a Eizo S2110 with a Epson R1900 and prints were almost always too dark  it made no difference calibrating the monitor and setting brightness mostly down to 80cd/M^2  or even lower.  I came to the conclusion something on my system was resetting the brightness   For printing I got over the problem by adjusting the brightness in QI


I now have a new Eizo 24" monitor with hardware calibration same as Terry printing through a Canon Pro S100  with the brightness set to 100 and no dark print problem. I also have a setting (profile) at 80

I still have the original Eizo now coupled to a Linux Comp. So as a test I have viewed an image with this setup.

Screen is way too bright and under linux had to set brightness down to 0% to get similar brightness.

Coupled the original Eizo to Windows comp. and  although only the windows desk top background image will show find I have to set brightness to 75cd or lower to get a match but difficult to judge because colours appear to be way too warm.

Work still to do is to get the original screen working with windows and see where that takes us.

So far I think it proves my dark prints were a question of screen settings.

Jeff

Interesting.

I don't enter into club competitions much now, all / most judges seem to look at a photo and only comment on what could be done with it in PS.

I have nothing against PS some of the things created by it are fantastic, but it is far removed from a 'photo'

I have just been looking at some shots a friend took on a point and shoot set to auto.  They were honest shots, horizons not level, note I say level, there is no such thing as a straight horizon as required by judges, blured images, all the faults but there was some good honest stuff as well.

As for mobile phones, there are some fantastic photos taken on mobiles. note I do not have a mobile phone

So where does that leave us.?

Jeff