Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark C wrote: >Actually that does work on my CS6 standard edition, nor does the process >outlined in the video. > >Both the method you outline below and also the method in the video are >only enabled in Photoshop CC and CS Extended. I actually delved into >that last spring and learned that the

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread P.J. Alling
I always have my good friend Jack. On 10/19/2015 6:52 PM, Jack Davis wrote: You drink alone then? ;0) J Sent from my iPhone On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:29 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: It's not against my religion to visit Pentax Forums, but I refuse to take communion with them. On 10/19/2015 6:07 P

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread Jack Davis
You drink alone then? ;0) J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2015, at 3:29 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > It's not against my religion to visit Pentax Forums, but I refuse to take > communion with them. > >> On 10/19/2015 6:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> If I'm not mistaken, the same effect can be

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread P.J. Alling
It's not against my religion to visit Pentax Forums, but I refuse to take communion with them. On 10/19/2015 6:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: If I'm not mistaken, the same effect can be achieved in-camera using multiple exposure and chossing the appropriate blend mode. A very informative thread on t

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread Darren Addy
If I'm not mistaken, the same effect can be achieved in-camera using multiple exposure and chossing the appropriate blend mode. A very informative thread on this subject can be found (for those of you for whom it is not against your religion to visit pentaxforums) at: http://www.pentaxforums.com/fo

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread Mark C
Actually that does work on my CS6 standard edition, nor does the process outlined in the video. Both the method you outline below and also the method in the video are only enabled in Photoshop CC and CS Extended. I actually delved into that last spring and learned that the only way to average

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark C wrote: >Thanks for posting that - I did not know how to automatically average >layers in Photoshop so that will be very helpful! I've been doing it >manually ala the technique they used with Gimp. That video doesn't even show the easiest way of averaging Layers in Photoshop. Here's the b

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-19 Thread Mark C
Thanks for posting that - I did not know how to automatically average layers in Photoshop so that will be very helpful! I've been doing it manually ala the technique they used with Gimp. On 10/16/2015 12:58 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Two things (hopefully provoking thought and/or discussion): #1

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-18 Thread steve harley
On 2015-10-17 19:49 , Darren Addy wrote: Well, obviously this interested no one other than me. i read the Speed Graphic one but didn't have anything to say; then i was out of time to look at the other on … -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-18 Thread Bulent Celasun
Darren, I did watch both enjoyed them. In fact, I started following the site (roadsandkingdoms). The Pentax vs Nikon video was very interesting and informative. Still, if and when time is as important as money (equipment price), the argument becomes weak... Thanks for bringing these to our atten

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-18 Thread knarf
It was ~most~ interesting to me. I read the articles yesterday but had to leave a response until today. I have to admit that as wonderful as digital is, some of my best photos were taken on film loaded in my Spotmatics, LXen, MX and Leica CL. Is that because I had to go slower, check (and be

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Didn't see it on first post, but I looked at it today. 1- David Burnett's 4x5 work is delightful. 2- This was an interesting view of the fact that focus stacking and stitching can be very effective tools. Of course, using them with the Pentax comparing to a single exposure with the Nikon begs

Re: Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-17 Thread Darren Addy
Well, obviously this interested no one other than me. However, I will draw your attention to the stitching portion of the YouTube video where the latest version of MS ICE (Image Composite Editor) blew me away. I haven't looked at that program for a long time, it seems. It's a free panorama stitch t

Slowing down & being creative

2015-10-16 Thread Darren Addy
Two things (hopefully provoking thought and/or discussion): #1 David Burnett: The only photojournalist today working with a Speed Graphic http://roadsandkingdoms.com/2013/the-speed-graphic-returns/ http://www.davidburnett.com/gallery.html?gallery=Big%20Camera#/0 https://medium.com/vantage/master-p