[DEMUG] De-Photoshopping

[Michele Stapleton]

If you don't mind a comment on a side issue, you should be careful  
about submitting digital files to MAC. THe problem with digital files  
is that you have no way of knowing what the files is going to look  
like on their end when they open it. It may not end up looking they  
way it looked on your screen. And, the folks on the other end may  
have no idea what they are seeing is "wrong." Instead, they simply  
aren't impressed with your work and you don't get selected to proceed  
to the next step.

They might open it on a computer screen that hasn't be correctly  
calibrated and the color might look washed out, all wrong, whatever.   
They might have a system that is not color managed and they might  
assign a new color profile and change the colors. They might use a  
projector that washes out colors.

I suggest you send them prints only.

People are always sending me Word Docs without asking first if I have  
Word. I don't. So, I open them in Appleworks and often the formatting  
is all askew. I am pretty sure I am not seeing what I am supposed to  
be seeing, but the important point is I have no idea what they wanted  
me to see.

I suggest you install Photoshop Elements and see if that solves your  
problem. I bet it will.





On Jan 19, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Patricia Sharp wrote:

> I have a problem too. My Canon printer came bundled with Arcsoft's  
> Photo Studio. A Photoshop it ain't .
>  Actually I wound up with 2 Canon Printer's MP 600, & MP 810. I was  
> going to sell the 600, but it has already come inhandy ina pinch.
> Problem. The newer version, won't make jpegs. ( It has the capacity  
> to chose but will only save as Photo Shop file. This caused a great  
> hassle when trying to enter a mural competition at  the Maine Arts  
> COmmission. Their PC with A Photshop for Windows couldn't read the  
> images I was sending. The Arcsoft tech converted them to jpegs and  
> sent them back to me so I could get them to MAC, ( & he suggested I  
> reinstall the software.) ( Prior to that, I did have a spot of  
> trouble while loading pix from a nikon to I Photo, It grabbed  
> images from the HD , instead of the camera,( ie. images from the  
> IWord sales tour, &  I think it sucked up some of the  software  
> which then got thrown away!)
> The older Photo studio, ( installed in  to my IBook still makes  
> jpegs.)
> I have photoshop elements ( not yet installed)
> I need to be placing jpegs from scans into Quarkexpress 7.,  
> Illustrator X, & Corel Painter 7 ( I think)
> Any suggestions for me?
> Pat Sharp

Michele

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Michele Stapleton, photographer
BRUNSWICK, MAINE
http://www.MicheleStapleton.com
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