Hi Lilly,
First off: http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/brush/cbrush7.htm
(Typed "Photoshop signature custom brush" into Google )
That should get you on the right track.

On my website the copyright overlays are provided automatically by Photium

Your effort looks just fine! And TLR is a great site... no mistake.

Glad to have helped!
Matt

It's mentioned on www.thelightsrightstudio.com, specifically:
http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/tutorials/WatermarkingYourImagesForTheWeb.pd...

You can also scan your signature and turn it into a custom brush
Hope that helps!
Matt

Couldn't disagree more They may be as sharp as each other, may possibly be as resistant to flare as each other, but even then they'll never be the same. As to which one you'd prefer - that's down to personal opinion. But bokeh, colour rendition, contrast, vignetting - all these are almost certainly going to be different between any two lenses.
Whether you could actually say which was "better" might be another story...

Lens comparison is usually very subjective and not always quantifiable - ask any Pentax Limited owner
Matt

Additionally, many use a stand alone RAW converter (like Silkypix, Capture One, or Lightroom) that removes the need for specific support in the image editing application... and gives better quality images as well

As John rightly says, Photoshop is probably "the" standard. I've used Corel Photo Paint and Paintshop Pro but have always found the image adjustments in Photoshop (and Photoshop Elements) to be quicker and more intuitive.

But that's only my opinion

Matt

Manual from here:
http://www.urmonas.net/manuals/westonIII/westonIII.html
Have fun with your new light meter
Matt

Paul,

The "how to" depends on the lab - they all have slightly different requirements.

www.photoartistry.co.uk was the supplier for mine. Delivery is quite slow, but the quality is absolutely top notch From memory I think I upsized to 300dpi at the appropriate size (ie 10800 x 7200 pixels).

Whoever you choose to go with, give them a call first and discuss your requirements and ask them what's best. You'll need to know what resolution, what colourspace, and how to submit.

Personally I favour labs that do nothing to the image (e.g. www.proamimaging.com ) since I have a calibrated system and want to know that no one is going to mess with my file on the way

For upsizing in CS2 I use the "Bicubic Smoother" option, then duplicate the layer and run a USM (twiddle with the values, but I'd guess something like 120%, 1.5 radius, 0 threshold for a big image), change the top layer blend mode to "Luminosity", flatten, convert the colour space and save.

For PS7 there are various upsizing actions, since many feel that incremental size increases are best. See www.thelightsrightstudio.com for PDFs, videos and actions

EDIT: Found the details - it was AdobeRGB colourspace, and 300pixels per inch.

Hope that helps!
Matt

Oh yes there was At Photobox.
If you provide a straight 3008x2008 pixel image they will do the appropriate upsizing for you. You just changed the effective DPI (which does nothing - adds no extra pixels - except from marking that in the image. Photobox just ignore that setting anyway and use the pixel count)

As far as a canvas goes - the resolution is lower than a print. I have a lovely 36x24" canvas printed from the *ist-D (same sensor). For that I did the upsizing myself and added a touch of extra sharpening in Photoshop.

It all really depends on which lab you intend to use as to what you need to do!

As far as how big? Well, as big as you like really. I saw an article on a print on the side of an articulated lorry that was taken with an early 3 mega pixel Canon DSLR. Looked just fine

Matt

Actually, Silkypix allows sorting of files with extremely flexible rules:

View / Thumbnail Mode Setting / Sort Thumbnails


And yes, there's a batch rename:
* Select the images you want
* Right click
* Select Batch Rename...

(It's also under File / Batch Rename...)

You can specify pretty much anything you want within that dialog.


Does that help??
Matt

Actually the free Picasa from Google will do exactly what you need
Matt

There is also the new DA*50-135/f2.8. That should give a little extra headroom wide open and is probably easier to get than the 85!
(And not much difference in price either )
Matt