Piezography Soft Proofing
Introduction Soft Proof is a feature that has long been used in Photoshop for previewing images as they will appear in print. The “Soft” is for software. Proofs are normally hard copies that are printed to give the designer or photographer and idea of how a digital image will print prior to going to press. The Soft Proof therefore, is a way to look at an image that is being converted...
Read MoreIceland Piezography
In March, Cathy Cone and I visited Iceland to photograph on the Southern tip of the island. The week’s weather looked good. We were expecting mild weather in the low to mid 30′s f. Light winds. No snow. We encountered an un-forecasted blizzard – not exactly rare for early March. But, it was focused solely on the area in which we were staying to about a 30 mile radius. We have...
Read MoreTo upgrade or not
I recently upgraded to Lightroom 4 and was very pleasantly surprised to experience that it is possible to print directly to QuadTone RIP from LightRoom 4 without any color management interference from Apple by just clicking the Print button. However, I’m on Lion 10.7.4. Sadly, it is not possible to print directly from LightRoom through Mountain Lion (10.8) without impacting shadow and...
Read MorePiezography on Paros
I started this blog entry almost immediately upon my return from this journey. And then the unthinkable happened. My computer crashed taking more than 100GB of images with it. All of the images that I had shot in Greece, along with everything else important to me vanished in a moment. Only just recently, I have finally recovered my images (barely enough of them) to illustrate this blog post. I...
Read MoreThe NEW Piezography Manual
I’ve published the NEW Piezography Manual online. It takes most of our wisdom to date and instills it into one document for both Mac and PC users. It covers the new Macintosh Operating System issues and moots them with instructions for using the new QTR Print Tool. It also updates the Digital Negative with instructions for use including how to more easily use Digital Negative with an...
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