RE: [Leica] Digital has WON? Not by a longshot .. .. yet

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:36 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital has WON? Not by a longshot .. .. yet
>
>
> At 11:31 PM 6/29/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Well, I see a lot of people using PhotoShop as a crutch for bad
> photography
> >(certainly no hint of that WRT you...), and most of the high end digital
> >people I know don't actually do much with PS, they simply get the image
> >right on film (or in the camera for digital capture), and use PS for dust
> >spotting, tonal curves and occasionally something more
> complicated...but for
> >the most part, the image is not very manipulated.  PS certainly
> can "rescue"
> >a badly shot/developed image better than you can in the
> darkroom, but that
> >should be the exception, not the rule.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Austin
>
> For simple color correction and a little sharpening, dust removal, tonal
> curves - I have about 10 Photoshop books each with 500 pages explaining
> different ways to do just those actions in different ways for different
> purposes.

Yeah, those PhotoShop "guru's" sure do like to overcomplicate things, don't
they ;-)

> I also use Photoshop for all pre-press work, designing
> brochures
> and layouts, converting color to B&W, and printing my art prints.
>  It's not
> just a photo manipulation program.

Of course, Tina, I'd hope you knew I know that.  For the purpose you
mentioned, that is what it is a very good tool for, no doubt...but most
people who use it don't use it for that...ever!  That was my point.

Regards,

Austin

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