My wife and I visited Alaska in late June and early July. I ended up with about 80 digital shots on a Rollei 3.1 digital P&S and two rolls of Kodak E100 and one roll of Kodachrome 64 shot with a Leica M6. I have struggled for five weeks with Photoshop 5 and an Epson 1200 scanner and I am about ready to abandon digital completely. I have spent 30 or 40 hours fighting with this, and perhaps more, and, to date, I do not have a printable shot. All I have is junk. I am probably doing something wrong, as the rest of you seem to find digital work a seamless matter of success, but I am exceedingly frustrated. Were I to set my chemical darkrom up again, I could have printed ALL of the 113 slides I got (not that I would have done so: Alaska is full of interesting scenery but after a while the shots become boring) in Ilfochrome in about 15 or 18 hours. As it is, I can scan a slide at 1200. Beyond that, I am lost. Photoshop 5 Help is worthless or less: I know HOW to crop an item but, once cropped, how do you process the cropped image? You guys all seem to have made a seamless transition to digital. What in the world am I doing wrong? I am frustrated to the point where I am seriously contemplating taking a large lead weight and smashing the hell out of both my scanner and my Rollei Digital. Screw it: chemistry I understand but this digital stuff: oy vey! And do NOT do that awful Math Teacher trick of asking me "please define your problem precisely". That line of query is just why I do not know much math beyond really basic calculus. I need very general help. You guys have made the transition and I thought I was doing things properly but, in the end, I am lost and am now at sea in a rapidly leaking boat. Any thougths? Or should I finish off my chemical darkroom and do things I understand? Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list