Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/16

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Subject: [Leica] New pic from Hoppy
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Sep 16 03:44:34 2006
References: <000101c6d97c$29c6e2f0$6501a8c0@asus930>

No complaints from the PC specs here :-)
Just being a member of the non-existing 'No to the liberal use of  
Gigabites" :-)

Op 16-sep-06, om 12:37 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe, understood regarding printing from a 16 bit file.
> Nevertheless definitely worth making your adjustments while staying  
> in 16 bit.
> As you no doubt appreciate, a vastly better tonal range results.  
> You can drop back to 8 bit for the finished file as desired.
> 300 ppi is accepted as excellent to print from. That's fine.  
> Sometimes I might make another minor crop later. 360ppi never hurts.
> The file size between the two is immaterial to me.
> A full 35mm frame for me scanned at 4000dpi yields a 21MP file,  
> being around 120MB for the 16 bit file. I feel confident I am
> extracting a goodly amount of information from the transparency or  
> negative. In my case I only print to A4 so the crop ends up at
> about 66MB.
> A well specced PC for photoshop doesn't blink at these file sizes.
> My swap file alone for photoshop is a 60GB dedicated RAID using  
> fast SATA2 drives.
> It is very seldom apparently used.
> 2GB fast DDR2, dual core CPU and all of the rest of it.
>
> Photoshop is a very fine and powerful tool for photographers. Set  
> you pc up well and it is a pleasure to work with.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Philippe Orlent
> Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2006 18:41
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New pic from Hoppy
>
> There is nothing that can print 16bit as should. And 300 dpi is
> enough for printing, too.
> That might already make it easier to get file sizes that are easier
> to work with.
>
>
> Op 15-sep-06, om 23:41 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Philippe,
>> 300+MB is no unusual thing for me.  Start with a basic 3600dpi scan
>> at 16
>> bit; the whole frame will come in just under 100MB.  Do basic dust
>> removal
>> then use layers for levels and curves, not much larger file at this
>> point.
>> Then add a duplicate layer to dodge and burn your file just doubled.
>> Screwed up the horizon, another layer to rotate and crop.  Then
>> come any
>> masks or what have you so you might be working with a 500MB file.
>>
>> The only problem is that Bridge loads really slowly when opening a
>> folder of
>> layered files.
>>
>>
>> On 9/15/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>>>
>>> Wait a sec. 330 Mb? Do you work with masks?
>>>
>>>
>>> Op 15-sep-06, om 22:48 heeft Luis Ripoll het volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>> 330 MB!!!!!????
>>>> The only thing I have immediately on my head is that you have a
>>> lot of
>>>> patience!
>>>>
>>>> How much weight a single negative?  0,1 gr.??? Or less...?
>>>>
>>>> Salud!
>>>> Luis
>>>>
>>>> -----Mensaje original-----
>>>> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En
>>>> nombre de
>>>> G Hopkinson
>>>> Enviado el: viernes, 15 de septiembre de 2006 1:36
>>>> Para: 'Leica Users Group'
>>>> Asunto: RE: [Leica] New pic from Hoppy
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Luis. New improved version now in place.
>>>> When the file gets to 330MB in Photoshop, you know you're working
>>>> hard at
>>>> refining the print!
>>>>
>>>> Salud!
>>>> Hoppy
>>>>
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>
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