Recent content by johnj

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    CS3 - WTF have I screwed up?

    To get back to the default colours of black and white for background/foreground you just need to press the letter 'D' It may work in you case. Otherwise its a uninstall reinstall!
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    Photoshop Book

    I have CS3 for Photographers by Scott Kelby and likewise cannot fault it and refer to it constantly. You might also like to look at 'Scott Kelby's 7 point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3' This book takes you through 21 lessons in each of which a photograph is taken from either an untouched...
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    Scanner Probs (with pic)

    I do a little restoration work myself and have had the same problem. I use Photoshop and after adjusting the black and white points using a Levels adjustment layer I flatten the image before using the noise filter on 'Despeckle'. Works almost all the time.
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    18% gray card

    I use a 'Whi Bal' card with good results Link: http://rawworkflow.com/products/whibal/index.html And no I don't have an affiliation with them!!
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    Photoshop CS2 book

    I concur with Canon Bob regarding Scott Kelby's books. His style of writing is very easy to follow and the books are extremely informative as is his website - kelbytraining.com As a reference book I also have: Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers by Martin Evening Very indepth and...
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    Monitor Evaluation

    Thanks Reddeathdrinker Found out that my current graphics card doesn't support the Dell 2007WFP So going to have to pospone a month until finances allow a full upgrade. Damn!! :shake:
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    Monitor Evaluation

    Just found out its TN:thumbsdown: So back to searching for a suitable upgrade!
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    Monitor Evaluation

    Thinking about upgrading my existing monitor (standard Dell 19" flat screen) to a 20" widescreen. Was looking for the 2007WFP as it seemingly had good reviews but it no longer appears on the Dell website. Dell look to have a new 20" - Dell Ultrasharp 2009WFP for £227.95...
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    The Digital Camera Company gone into liquidation

    Website will stay live as long as the fees have been paid and nobody pulls the plug! The liquidator is not interested as it doesn't appear in the accounts as either a Creditor or a Debtor with a balance outstanding! Happens all the time.
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    Find your new name

    Farcus Chickenbutt!
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    Lymes Disease - Important please read.

    When living Stateside my wife became ill and was diagnosed as suffering from Lymes disease. We were lucky as it was a well known problem there where we lived and she recovered quickly after treatment. Hate to think what would have happened if it had not been diagnosed almost immediately...
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    Bulb setting? What is it?

    For those who are interested 'Bulb' as you may have gathered has nothing to do with what we know as a bulb ie light bulb. It comes from the time when a photograher had to time his exposure by manually opening the shutter and recording the seconds passed. This was achieved by using a watch...
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    Freelance Contracts?

    This link may help http://www.freelanceuk.com/photographers/index.shtml
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    BT/Virgin/Talk Talk Customers... YOU NEED TO READ THIS!

    Came accross this article about BT. Seems they are already being investigated by the Information Commisioner for alleged privacy breaches regarding this. Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/04/nbt104.xml Johnj
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    Canon Paper?

    Thanks! Thought buying another brand maybe the answer but wanted to sound out this forum just in case. By the lack of responses looks as though I maybe the only one who is a canon printer user!
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