Kelly Phillips wrote: hfillmore wrote: Kelly Phillips wrote:
My editor usually just brightens the photos up a whole bunch and they come out ok in the paper. I saw him just adjust the midtones slider in levels until the photo looked really bright and unattractive. I send the file to him looking the way I would send it to a photo printer. It\'s his job to make sure that it looks good in the paper.
That seems like an easy benchmark to guide me - \"really bright and unattractive\". Boy, these ads look soooooooo terrible that the look you\'re suggesting sounds like just the ticket. Maybe I\'ll combine that with the BW conversion technique the next time.
I can\'t really tell how to take your last comment. It almost sounds like you\'re being kind of snooty. I\'m sure you\'re not, but I just wanted to add that my editor knows what looks good in the paper based on how it prints. I was standing behind him when he adjusted one of my photos with the technique I described. They looked normal in print. I would suggest that you ask the editor in charge of whatever paper you are using to explain how he would like your work to be processed in order to look good. I hope that helps. Good luck to you. Sorry if I took you wrong
Hey Kelly, my comment was sincere, It\'s refreshing to actually have something as straightforward as your recommendation to go by, in a world of subjective nebulous judgements. Really, I view your comment as a valuable assesment tool to guide my processing. You can be sure that for my next newsprint shopper, \"process it \'til it looks too bright\" will definitely be my guideline.
Sincerely,
Harvey
Nov 22, 2008 at 05:37 PM
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Sorry if I took you wrong