Hi Liam

If you go to the Colour Picker in PS and type in these values, they will give a good starting point, I use them all the time for text colours.

GOLD
Red 192
Green 168
Blue 104

DEEPER GOLD
Red 165
Green 138
Blue 82

SILVER
Red 151
Green 151
Blue 168

COPPER/BRONZE
Red 205
Green 115
Blue 0

Hope this helps.

I forgot about that Dan, thinking about it(always difficult) you can do the second one too. If you open the Layers as before, above each Layer open an Adjustment Layer, by putting the cursor between the Layers and Ctrl + Left Click (could be Alt + Left Click) it joins the Layers together. Then you can use the Layer Mask on the Adjustment Layer.

Chris[/quote]I use the Eclipse fluid and pads too, interestingly I've only had to clean my DS three times in three years. Are you particularly fastidious or do you work in a very dusty environment. This isn't at all a scientific observation but lately I've been using primes much more than dust pumps, I wonder if that could be making a difference?[/quote]I use a set of old BPM bellows a lot for Macro work, I think that might be the reason Gartmore.

Mac the Photographic Solutions product are available in Canada, if all else fails you can deal direct, or they will be somebody stocking them in your version of eBay. They're not cheap its about £2.00 a shot over here, but it really does work even when the junk seems 'welded' to the sensor.

Chris

I take your point John, any of the versions from CS onwards demand more from the computer, mainly in RAM. CS4 even demands a dual processor and a 3D graphics card with 256Mb of Ram! But its worth it.

Bridge in CS3 and even more so in CS4 is a program with hidden depths, you can play most any codec of video inside Bridge, you can open any file for which you have a program installed (and some you haven't) all without leaving Bridge. You can open Jpegs and Tiffs in the Raw converter offering lossless editing. All the setting in Raw converter are global in CS3, in CS4 for the first time you can 'paint' in any setting(s) into part of an image.

There are numerous records of Dakota C47's flying and landing with one wing shot off, granted you still had the stub wing to the engine nechelle attached, apparently they built in enough rudder movement to allow for it.

Chris

PS CS4 can filter by any/all the EXIF data, by default it shows Focal length (thats the actual focal length selected if using a zoom), Aperture, White balance, Exposure time, Colour profile and the Raw converter settings (if named and saved). Any EXIF parameter can be added/removed to/from the list.

I wouldn't be surprised if CS3 and even CS2 can do this too, I have never checked, you could write a script to do it any version of Bridge (I believe) - well a better man than I probably could, but its default in the CS4 version of Bridge.

Chris

If a blow with a rocket blower doesn't fix it I use Photographic Solutions sensor swabs and Eclipse E2 fluid. Had no problems at all though its a little scary the first time you do it. I must have cleaned my *istDS close to 50 times, I don't get anything like as big a problem with my K10D.

They're available everywhere including most High Street shops and even eBay there website is here link

I use their Pec Pads and ordinary Eclipse fluid for cleaning lenses and have done for years.

Chris

A better way to see the crud Mac, is to open PS or similar, open a new canvas make it full screen. Set the camera in Av mode and dial in the smallest aperture, it will give a shutter speed of several seconds, no problem the crud is stuck to the sensor and doesn't move, in fact I move my camera deliberately during the exposure, just in case my screens got crud on it too. Point the camera at the screen and take the shot, works a treat.

Waiting for a blue sky here in the UK could take several weeks.

Chris

Hi Liam,

I use a physical matte on all my framed picture sales. I get them from this company, this is their eBay listing which is how I first found them, but I deal direct now link they work out very cheap. The idea of a matte is to keep the picture away from the glass so it doesn't stick to it as well as framing the picture.

Sorry for the edits I was trying to get the link to work.

Chris

PSE has always had Layers, but, as far as I know, it doesn't have Layer Masks (the white rectangle at the right hand side on the same layer).

Useful things Layer Masks you can apply a Levels to get say the sky correct and by painting with black at 100% on the Layer Mask remove the effect from the foreground. You can do this all over the picture with any Adjustment Layer. If you make a mistake just paint with White will remove the mask and reveal the effect again.

You can open several close up or Macro pictures taken at different distances from the subject each in their own layer, then working two layers at a time hide the out of focus pixels in all the different frames, result a macro shot with a massive DOF.

Chris