I think that you Jerry need, that's right need, not just want a new
computer.
Frankly, I'd be willing to trade a new mac for that 9x9 Roll-eye
you've been hoarding.
All kidding aside, I'm willing to throw $50 into the pot for a new
(er) computer for Jerry.
It's a shame that after living such a rich experiential life,
something as small as a computer should stifle you now.
Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, AGCC http://sdimitrovphoto.com
On Aug 10, 2005, at 6:46 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
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
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