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citrine55
10-25-2009, 04:43 PM
hi everybody ..a couple of pictures i put up a few weeks ago for a friend of mine who had the doziest cat i had ever seen ..well last night she went to the vet and this morning the cat lost its life to a serious infection and shes come to me to do her a very speical photo to remember him by...im no good with photo shop and am taking your online photography course at the end of this month so i am putting up a link to my photobucke accout with all the photos i have of this cat and was wondering if any one could do a good photo for me ...

its going to be a keep sake for her and im going to get it mounted ..heres the link to my photos i hope somebody can help me

http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/fordcrazy_/lucky%20the%20cat/
jerryph
10-25-2009, 06:24 PM
1 - Please be more specific as to what you want in terms of photoshop or a specific look

2 - Instead of sending us to a link of 50 or more pictures, pick ONE or TWO that you think is the best one. You know your friend better than we do.

3 - The bigger the file, the better the final result. Downloading a reduced file from photobucket is going to give you poor final results at best. Use something like a Flickr pro account and upload the full sized JPG (it would be even better if it was a RAW file hosted on a website somewhere)
citrine55
10-25-2009, 06:33 PM
ok thankyou il try that now
StephenK
10-25-2009, 08:36 PM
Hi Citrine :^)

I gave it the more traditional look and picked out a few images that I thought complimented each other... Sorry to hear
that the kitten has left those who clearly cared for him!

Hope this is in the ballpark with what you're looking for!
Pat
10-26-2009, 03:44 AM
What jerry said. Also, will you print it at home or have it done at a lab? (rgb or cmyk?)
citrine55
10-27-2009, 09:59 AM
Hi Citrine :^)

I gave it the more traditional look and picked out a few images that I thought complimented each other... Sorry to hear
that the kitten has left those who clearly cared for him!

Hope this is in the ballpark with what you're looking for!

oh mate i think that might just be it ...it looks great thankyou so much.

il be getting it printed by a online conpany ..im just waiting to hear back from the owner as to what size she wants ..who knows she might want to have more than one photo.

it was so sad when she told me so i recovered all these photos from my computer as they are the only one s i have

kev
jmtc
10-27-2009, 11:27 PM
hope you like what I have done
Regards
Jim

You need to open the attatchment (looks like a paper clip - above!)
Pat
10-28-2009, 02:45 AM
You're going to need bigger images, citrine. And they need to be at least 240 pixels/inch resolution. The standard is 300, but you can get by at 240. Steven's pics resolution is at 72 pixels/inch which will print out at about postage stamp size. jmtc's is the proper resolution, however the printed size will be limited to about 4x6.
You should check with your printer re colour mode. Most pro printers work in cmyk and these images are in rgb mode. If you have to do a last minute conversion you may well be disapointed in the rendition of the colours, as they may become muddy in the conversion process, Best to work in cmyk from the get-go if your printer requires it.
StephenK
10-28-2009, 07:16 AM
oh mate i think that might just be it ...it looks great thankyou so much.
kev

I'm glad that you can use it Kev! I was also pleased that you had so many pictures that I could choose from in working with this
composition. Pat had a good point with the resolution situation so I upped the original to 300dpi...


http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/StephenKr/kittymem2.jpg

It's still in rgb.... I converted it to CMYK, which looks the same in photoshop but does go a bit muddy when viewed on the web.

I'll include that one here as well!

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/StephenKr/kittymem3.jpg

Thanks for carrying as much as you do for your friend Kev, and for passing along the opportunity to help!

Also...

I Loved!! your version of this Jim! Well done!! :^)
citrine55
10-28-2009, 03:01 PM
thanks guys that mag look is great lol..i wont be printing myself ive got a onine company printing for me so il see howit goes

kev
citrine55
10-28-2009, 03:13 PM
ok heres the problem ..like above said if i print out on the size she wants the quailty is bad ..take it down to a 5 x 3 and its good ...she wants a big one so can i take the mick and upload on here the full size pictures ands do it again for me sorry to take the mick

kev
citrine55
10-28-2009, 03:30 PM
just a couple more
citrine55
10-28-2009, 03:34 PM
last one i think
citrine55
10-29-2009, 10:32 PM
sorry i had to ask that guys i had a feeling it was to much to ask my appologies

kev
Pat
10-30-2009, 01:06 AM
Hey, no prob, citrine. Speaking for myself, for somereason I didn't get the notification of your post yesterday. I'll have a crack at it in a bit.
Pat
10-30-2009, 04:58 AM
Hi citrine. This is in rgb mode. I can change it to cmyk if needs be. It's sized for an 8x10 print, which is something to bear in mind as cam pics are (I believe) at a 4:3 ratio. If you try to print them at standard print sizes you will lose a bit on the edges or have blank spaces on a couple of edges.
citrine55
11-01-2009, 07:39 PM
Hi citrine. This is in rgb mode. I can change it to cmyk if needs be. It's sized for an 8x10 print, which is something to bear in mind as cam pics are (I believe) at a 4:3 ratio. If you try to print them at standard print sizes you will lose a bit on the edges or have blank spaces on a couple of edges.

thanks pat ..will turning it to cmyk enable me to print it in a bigger picture ..shes after something a bit bigger like a 12 x 10 or something around that
Pat
11-01-2009, 09:56 PM
No citrine. cmyk is a colour mode and has no effect on size. I've resized it to 11"x14" which is the next standard size up from 8X12. I use genuine Fractals PrintPro for resizing. Does a much better job than Photoshop (tho I run it in Photoshop). You should check it out if you're going to be doing resizing for printing.
One minor problem. At 11x14, I had to save it at a lesser quality level than I'm personally comfortable with for making prints, due to Proud's 585 kb size limit. You might check with your printer to see if it's going to be viable.
I assume, if you're printer hasn't mentioned it to you, that rgb colour mode is ok. If not, let me know, and I'll change it to cmyk, or you can. I looked at it in both modes and the colour seemed constant.
Well, it seems we have another problem. When I load the image up to Proud it's 472 kb. Once it's attached it shows as 121 kb. If that's the case, I can't see it being fit to print at all. I have no idea why it would be reduced so much. I'll have a look after I submit this reply.
Pat
11-01-2009, 10:10 PM
Yeah, it's way over the dimensional limit of 2000x1500 pixels (@ 4200x3300).
So, if you want to use it I guess we're down to three options. You can find a local source to blow it up to 11x14. Or you could get yourself a copy of Genuine Fractals PrintPro (or similar, but I believe Gen. Frac. is the best) and do it yourself. Or, if you pm me your email address I can send it as a file at full resolution.
citrine55
11-01-2009, 10:49 PM
well il tell ya what buddy if you email me one but il get that program and i can do it myself ..just want to get this one done for the old girl as shes still very upset about it all..my email is r.long73@ntlworld.com cheers mate
jomanros
11-10-2009, 11:00 AM
Hi Citrine55! Sorry for the lovely cat!
Here are my changed pictures - I hope you like it:)