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Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

03/10/2005 07:47:06 PM · #1

Ok this is what happened, I had a really good photo for lines, had everything done the I resized it. Then I started to do a little dodging and burning. Before I new it I could not take the image back to a printable size. I even tried the 10% thing and I could not get the quaility from the 640px. I have no Idea of the steps I took to make this photo, and I can't seem to make it again. How can I get the printable size back?

Travis

coolhar

03/10/2005 07:52:12 PM · #2

Sounds like you inadvertently did a save to the original file name. It is still on your memory card per chance?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/10/2005 07:53:14 PM · #3

You can't. This is why you need to do all your editing on layers, at full size, in pds or tiff format, and only rezize (as a new file) when you have what you want.

Robt.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/10/2005 07:54:53 PM · #4

Originally posted by coolhar:

Sounds like you inadvertently did a save to the original file name. It is still on your memory card per chance?

Sounds to me like he has his original but did his work on a downsized version (or the tail end of it anyway) and how can't replicate it from the full size original 'cuz he hasn't a clue how he made it happen.

Robt.

coolhar

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

03/10/2005 08:00:59 PM · #5

Originally posted by bear_music:

You can't. This is why you need to do all your editing on layers, at full size, in pds or tiff format, and only rezize (as a new file) when you have what you want.

Robt.

It's better to say do your editing on a duplicate file than to say do it on layers. A lot of the people, especially newbies, don't use layers; and may be imtimidated at being told they should use them.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/10/2005 08:09:17 PM · #6

Originally posted by coolhar:

Originally posted by bear_music:
You can't. This is why you need to do all your editing on layers, at full size, in pds or tiff format, and only rezize (as a new file) when you have what you want.

Robt.

It's better to say do your editing on a duplicate file than to say do it on layers. A lot of the people, especially newbies, don't use layers; and may be imtimidated at being told they should use them.

Yeah that's a good point. In fact it's what I always say when discussing workflow. FIRST THING to do is save-as a new filename, preserving the original in its virgin state. Thing is, in sounded to me like in this case he WAS doing that, but continued with further edits at the 640 size and can't replicate them from original now. Rereading his question, I'm not so sure I read him correctly anyway.

Robt.

03/10/2005 08:29:14 PM · #7

Yes I have my original image. Yes I do all my work on a Copied Layer. When I finish with a photo for a challenge I reduce the size save it, and the undo image size, then save that version for print. I just got a little carried away with the burn tool touching things up. I was just wondering if there was a way I could make the history pallete keep more alterations. Now I'm screwed because I did not think the image would turn out as good as it did. I already had 3 offers to buy the photo as an 8x10, but I cant sell them because the quaility sux.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

03/10/2005 08:34:51 PM · #8

I just skipped the 10% thing and went right to 2300px, it dosent lok that bad. Maybe if I had neat image I could save it. Is there a trial version any place on the web?

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

03/10/2005 08:37:04 PM · #9

Originally posted by Travis99:

I just skipped the 10% thing and went right to 2300px, it dosent lok that bad. Maybe if I had neat image I could save it. Is there a trial version any place on the web?

When saving from the trial version of Neat Image it compresses the crap out of your picture. You could try just to see how bad the result is.

Google neat image and you should find the site where you can download the trial.