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08/22/2005 04:43:51 PM · #1 |
Hello
First y'all can just call me chris everyone in this world knows me so no worries there. Second I'm new to the digital photo world, and have my girlfriend to thank and now i am hooked and want to start showing what we both can do, anyone have any good beginners advice, i mean we do the camping trip photos, and family stuff...but it's just simple photos....of life....for us, we have PSP (paint shop pro) and use it a lot in our family company, so photo manipulation is something i/ we do understand.
Any and all feed back or emails will be gratefully welcomed.
Chris |
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08/22/2005 04:46:47 PM · #2 |
Welcome.
Read all the tutorials:
//www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php
All the How'd they do that:
//www.dpchallenge.com/how.php
And read the forums. Everyone here is pretty helpful and we are all family.
Just stay away from a guy named Ken Priest. JK ;-)
Anyways welcome. There is a ton of info and knowledgeable people here willing to help anytime it is needed. You will have a blast.
Message edited by author 2005-08-22 16:47:59. |
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08/22/2005 04:51:13 PM · #3 |
Hi Chris,
You have the chance to get out of here scot free!
If you start considering membership, you are signing your soul over to DPC. You will get an update button for the challenges, and the chance to enter all challenges. But is it worth your sanity??
Welcome to the asylum?
Wait, I hear the voices again...they are coming to take me back to my soft room, with soft white walls:) They try to stop me warning peop...
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08/22/2005 04:53:57 PM · #4 |
Yeh, welcome chris - this is a great site full of very talented folks.
Steve - good so see you out and about again, hope your getting better.
Mike
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08/22/2005 04:54:37 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by rex:
Just stay away from a guy named Ken Priest. JK ;-)
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You had to warn him. We get fresh meat and you go and spoil it all!
joking of course...
Welcome aboard...I second all that Rex said. And it is not so much stay away from Ken, just don't leave yourself open or he will take advantage in the most humorous way possible. |
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08/22/2005 04:56:12 PM · #6 |
welcome Chris! I am sure in no time you will be a member and asking if anyone else has a problem with the update button. (you will see what i mean if you become a member);p
Enjoy your stay, it is so much fun
Lisa
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08/22/2005 04:56:31 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by MikeOwens:
Yeh, welcome chris - this is a great site full of very talented folks.
Steve - good so see you out and about again, hope your getting better.
Mike |
Thanks Mike! Feel like a 16 year old...but where can I find one at this time of night??? Seriously, almost back to normal...don't like wet weather too much at the moment. How's that grandchild of yours??
Steve |
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08/22/2005 05:03:46 PM · #8 |
Welcome, welcome, welcome! Best advice is to soak up all the wisdom and knowledge that is spewed all over this place. Whether it be in forum posts, comments, tutorials, challenges... just dive in. Look at photos in the galleries and challenges and try to figure out why they appeal to you than make that work for your images. It's great fun and there are alot of fantastic folks here.
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08/22/2005 05:33:02 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Formerlee:
Thanks Mike! Feel like a 16 year old...but where can I find one at this time of night??? Seriously, almost back to normal...don't like wet weather too much at the moment. How's that grandchild of yours??
Steve |
He is fine thanks = nearly 1 year old now!
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08/22/2005 05:35:40 PM · #10 |
That's great Mike...the little ankle biters grow up so quick!!
We'll have to get together some time in the future.
Steve |
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08/22/2005 07:08:00 PM · #11 |
Insanity.......let's ponder that notion a moment shall we.....
One man's insaity is anothers SANITY, so for those of you who think this place IS insane.....to me it is a breath of fresh air...lol.
y'all in T R O U B L E now.
Thank you for the welcome. |
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08/22/2005 07:25:01 PM · #12 |
| Ok nowto sound like a real novice, But use Paint Shop Pro 8 anyone use that photo program in here. |
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08/22/2005 07:30:33 PM · #13 |
Hi Chris
welcome to the insanity. |
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08/22/2005 08:04:12 PM · #14 |
DPChallenge is an eclectic group of photographers. You'll notice people from all ages and all over the world here. Well, not really all over the world. Just Canada, USA, and Iceland for some reason. Anyways, welcome to dpc. :)
edit: and UK and France and from some regions in Asia, okay maybe there's dpcers all over the world
Message edited by author 2005-08-22 20:05:20.
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08/22/2005 08:24:32 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by picturepup:
Ok nowto sound like a real novice, But use Paint Shop Pro 8 anyone use that photo program in here. |
Welcome Chris! Wondering about your name picturepup?
Anyway, I still use PSP8, not an expert, but learning something new in there all the time |
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08/22/2005 09:04:47 PM · #16 |
Welcome to DPC Chris. You won't find a more agreeable, civil, mature, serious group of folks anywhere else.
...unless you look anywhere else, that is. heeheehee
Have fun.
-Ken |
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08/22/2005 09:30:41 PM · #17 |
| so far y'all seem fairly sane to me i like it. |
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08/23/2005 08:56:56 AM · #18 |
Ok now to make myslef seem very poorly educated on photo editing....
But i do i decrease the Kilobyte size of a photo to come in under 100k size..... i am trying to put my self portrait on my profile, and it is over the 100k limit.
Chris |
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08/23/2005 08:58:35 AM · #19 |
You don't have photoshop. So I don't know. Downsize the width and height.
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08/23/2005 10:18:42 AM · #20 |
Welcome Chris! I hope you have as much fun here as I have had since I joined. You can learn a TON of stuff here, give & get critiques, and show off some of your work. You'll find that there are some incredibly talented individuals on here and some incredibly generous ones as well. Good luck & I look forward to seeing more of your shots!
BTW: There is a 12 step program for Update Button Anonymous...
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08/23/2005 11:46:39 AM · #21 |
OK if y'all would like i have a picture of me on my profile.thank to the help of REX, i'll learn a lot in here i can see that.
Thanks again |
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08/23/2005 11:50:10 AM · #22 |
it's tough living in a photoshop world with paint shop pro.
you said you had some experience with psp8 so you should be able to pick things up pretty quickly. i use psp9 and cs2 so i can go between both of them pretty smoothly. if you need any help regarding where something is in psp compared to cs2 i'll be happy to help ya.
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08/23/2005 12:38:41 PM · #23 |
I have an old version of PSP (5.0) - the compression for JPGs is adjusted when you "Save As" (or Save the first time) - the Save dialog comes up and there is an option button that brings up the compression adjustment. I don't think it tells you what the resulting file size is, so you may have to use trial and error.
Hope this helps. |
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08/23/2005 12:54:39 PM · #24 |
welcome chris, you'll love this place!
nick
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08/23/2005 01:26:56 PM · #25 |
welcome aboard.
best beginner's advice: don't take what we say too personally. :)
glad to have you. |
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