Re: New Image Tru 'Nembra 's Pipes 2005-05-03 - By Andi Newton
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Thanks for the info, Bob! That really helps. I did apply a diffuse glow
filter to this image in Photoshop to soften it, but kept the grain down; I
played with the film grain filter, too, but was afraid that making it really
grainy would cause it not to print well. Guess my thinking was backward,
huh? I will definitely remember this for next time.
Does the same hold true for regular printing, that you need to make it
grainy and then sharpen? Or is it just that the publisher is doing this
particular book on a photocopier? I co-wrote, edited, and illustrated a book
last year that used CG images, and there were no problems printing them.
Everything looked fine, so the problems with these images really took me by
surprise.
Thanks again!
Andi
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Bob Dawson" <dawsonbob@(protected)>
To: <Carrara@(protected)>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: [Carrara] Re: New Image Tru'Nembra's Pipes
> By the way, Andi, I forgot to sharpen that pic. That's the key,
> really, because what you're trying to do is make the grain become the
> dot pattern that the copy machine picks up.
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> Bob Dawson
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> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Bob Dawson" <dawsonbob@(protected)> wrote:
>> Hi, Andi.
>>
>> Nice work. The problem you're having with photocopying is that it's
>> too nice. Your tones are far to smooth for a copy machine.
>>
>> I just uploaded a file called "Andi's Pipe thing.jpg" to the files
>> area. Check it out for future reference. It's just a quick trip
>> through Photoshop's film grain filter, but it should copy fine.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Bob Dawson
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>> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Andi Newton" <andin@(protected)> wrote:
>> > Okay, sometimes you should just leave things that you find lying
>> around alone. :-)
>> >
>> > http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=947185
>> >
>> > As always, I posed the figure in Poser, modelled the object in
>> Amapi, and lighted, textured, and rendered the scene in Carrara. Still
>> getting the hang of 3-point lighting, but I do like it, especially for
>> images like this one that have to be in dark, shadowy areas. :-)
>> >
>> > This image was originally done on request by a publisher, but since
>> they're doing the book on a photocopier they can't get it to print
>> correctly. Which is why it's in black and white instead of color. But
>> the publisher said that greyscale images, especially computer
>> generated artwork, don't photocopy well. Can anyone give me any
>> suggestions on optimizing CG artwork for print? It's too late for the
>> three images that I did in this series, but I'd like to know for the
>> future.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > Andi
>> >
>> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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