PSIG News: February 2002 e-News
February 15, 2002

February Meeting: Main Program

The February meeting of the Photoshop SIG will be on Thursday, February 14 at the North Hunterdon High School/Polytech School. The meeting will run from 7p.m. until 8:45p.m. in room 125. The program for the meeting will be a continuation of January's meeting, examining advanced methods of color-correcting, editing, and retouching photographs. In addition to the main program, there will be a question-and-answer session, some tutorial movies, and a hands-on tutorial lesson.

February Meeting: Desktop Printer Experiment

In addition to the primary program at the February meeting, we will explore the great desktop ink jet printer experiment. If you have not done so already, download the test image from the PSIG site and follow the printing instructions. Reminder: do not alter or re-save the image. The results will be compared and discussed. It should be a revealing look at the range of color output and quality available on a variety of desktop ink jet printers. This will be a valuable exercise for anyone in the market for a desktop printer or to learn about color differences due to paper, inks, and printer settings.

Article "Out of Gamut: Photoshop, Previsualization, and Print Production"

A very informative, thorough article on color management in Adobe Photoshop. It is highly recommended that you read this article. Written by well-known color guru Bruce Fraser, this article can be found on creativepro.com at http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/15310.html?cprose=3-3

Tips and Tricks: Digital Camera Fix

When you import an image from a digital camera, it is most likely a 72dpi JPEG image. Your image may be as wide as 36 inches, so to change this, go to the Image Size dialog, select constrain proportions, and change the resolution to 300dpi. This will change the output size but not the overall pixel count.

Tips and Tricks: Sharpen Like A Pro

To bring out better detail when sharpening an image, change the color mode to RGB, then to LAB. Then click on the channels palette, select the lightness channel, and run the unsharp mask. Select all the channels again, and see how much better the image looks.