Marc, Marc, Marc, Even in my small village there are adult education courses in Photoshop. The camera shops have a vested interest in making people facile with Photoshop. Unfortunately I cannot take advantage of it, as my Windows 3.1 computer with 16 meg of RAM cannot handle it.. Retirement and Social Security warrants that I cannot upgrade; so I don't. You would not believe what my medical bill was, beyond what Medicare would pay! Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > 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 --- 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