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<![CDATA[Tech Support Forum - Photographer's Corner]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com All sorts of amateur photography en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:34:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.techsupportforum.com/cwd/images/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[Tech Support Forum - Photographer's Corner]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com <![CDATA[Olympus 8000 'tough' possible virus?]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/433224-olympus-8000-tough-possible-virus.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:50:17 GMT I turned on my Olympus 8000 tough recently to find that it still thought it was plugged into the computer with the menu that comes up when it is connected with the usb cable. Ive tryed taking the battery out and draining it and recharging it but everytime i turn it on this menu comes up. I think it... I turned on my Olympus 8000 tough recently to find that it still thought it was plugged into the computer with the menu that comes up when it is connected with the usb cable. Ive tryed taking the battery out and draining it and recharging it but everytime i turn it on this menu comes up. I think it might be a virus as a message came up on the computer. Is there a way to reset the camera or wipe it if i need to? Its fustrating as im on my 2nd week of a 2 and a half month trip in India so im using internet cafes and have no way to take pictures for the rest of my trip. I dont know much about technology so any help at all is welcome.

Thanks ]]> localsurfa http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/433224-olympus-8000-tough-possible-virus.html Capturing options with Sony HandyCam DCR-HC28 http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/433041-capturing-options-sony-handycam-dcr-hc28.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:53 GMT Hey all, I have a Sony dcr-HC28, and i need to figure out the best way and the best settings to capture the miniDV tape from the camera. I know using firewire is the best interface to use, but the settings are a bit confusing. There are many different modes to use for capturing, ie. DV, DVD,... Hey all, I have a Sony dcr-HC28, and i need to figure out the best way and the best settings to capture the miniDV tape from the camera. I know using firewire is the best interface to use, but the settings are a bit confusing. There are many different modes to use for capturing, ie. DV, DVD, MPEG, SVCD, and VCD. I know I want my end result to be burned to DVD. However, using DV format makes the video file to large...Now, each tape holds about an hour of video and i need to fit it on dvd. Using the DVD mode it compresses the file enough to fit to DVD, but for that hour it compresses it to about 3.5 GB Not the DVD size of ~4.37GB. What should i do to get the best quality of video.

Also would you recommend using DL DVD's plus or minus? Is there anything special as far as the type of tapes i should us (miniDV) tapes. Should the heads of the camera be cleaned as well... My previous burn to DVD format at about 3.5GB turned out very grainy video, but understand that my camera is not very good. But i know i can get better results that what I have.

Sorry for badly organized post, was in a hurring and rushing to get this finished. Thanks in advance. ]]> PCJunkieDoug http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/433041-capturing-options-sony-handycam-dcr-hc28.html Any software required http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/432666-any-software-required.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:51 GMT Hi.:wave:

Please tell how can I use my Nokia N73i as a web cam? It's a symbian.

Please suggest the software and tell the procedure.

Thanks. ]]> Bravo Boy http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/432666-any-software-required.html Horizontal lines http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/432303-horizontal-lines.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:09:35 GMT I've had a number of recent shots appear with a series of fine horizontal lines across the center of the pic. They extend all the way across and are mostly in the middle third of the frame. (I'll post an example when I get home this evening.)

What I've done so far: cleaned the lens and sensor, changed memory cards, up-graded memory cards, shot in both RAW and jpg.

Someone suggested it may be my card reader but as I don't have another I can't check this.

Any ideas? :4-dontkno ]]> yustr http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/432303-horizontal-lines.html <![CDATA[[SOLVED] a TRAIL camera help question]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/432096-solved-trail-camera-help-question.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:58:20 GMT Husband wants a trail camera for Christmas. He and I use digital cameras just occasionally. Can anyone suggest a brand of inexpensive trail cameras, yet with great functionality:smile:. We want to use it just for spying nature for ourselves, nothing professional Thanks in advance, lf Husband wants a trail camera for Christmas.

He and I use digital cameras just occasionally.

Can anyone suggest a brand of inexpensive trail cameras, yet with great functionality:smile:.

We want to use it just for spying nature for ourselves, nothing professional

Thanks in advance, lf ]]> lennonforever http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/432096-solved-trail-camera-help-question.html Multiple Black spot on canon powershot SD1000 image http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/430958-multiple-black-spot-canon-powershot-sd1000-image.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:21:28 GMT Hi my online research tells me that all those black dots on my images are dust on the sensor and it is cheaper to just buy a new one rather than sending it in for cleaning. I will appreciate any confirmation from experts here. The attached image is zoomed at 3x. Without zooming I get the... Hi

my online research tells me that all those black dots on my images are dust on the sensor and it is cheaper to just buy a new one rather than sending it in for cleaning. I will appreciate any confirmation from experts here.

The attached image is zoomed at 3x. Without zooming I get the spot on the right corner only.

I feel bad as going through my pics I traced it back to a month before the end of the 1yr warranty. My CC covers the 2yr but canon-canada has to verify this is a job that would have been under warranty.

Attached Images

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]]> Canonsd1000 http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/430958-multiple-black-spot-canon-powershot-sd1000-image.html Tutorial: Creating an Out Of Bounds Image http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/430726-tutorial-creating-out-bounds-image.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:58:54 GMT *Out Of Bounds or OOB*. This is a technique that makes a plain flat image come to life by giving it a 3D type effect. In this tutorial the author will explain the various processes needed to convert Photograph 1 into Photograph 2 Image:... Out Of Bounds or OOB.

This is a technique that makes a plain flat image come to life by giving it a 3D type effect. In this tutorial the author will explain the various processes needed to convert Photograph 1 into Photograph 2

Photo1

Photo 2

In this tutorial, I have used Photoshop. The technique can be done similarly in most photo software that supports Layers and Masks

Before creating an OOB, choose suitable subject and resize it to a suitable size to display on monitor or printer

Step 1 - Setting the image up.
Convert original to a layer & name it ‘Original’
Make duplicate of Original layer
Add 5 transparent layers and name them
* Picture Frame – this is the pseudo photo frame
* Picture frame Shadow – the shadow of the pseudo photo frame
* Test View White – used to judge progress but otherwise not used in final image
* Test View Black – used to judge progress but otherwise not used in final image
* OOB Background – the general background of the final OOB image.
You should now have 7 layers. See Fig 1

Fig 1

Step 2 - Arranging the layers.
Re arrange the layers (top to bottom)
Picture Frame
Original Copy
Original
Picture Frame Shadow
OOB Background
Test view Black
Test View White
See Fig 2

Fig 2

Step 3 - Setting the layers.
Use paint bucket to give a white fill to Test View White layer
Use paint bucket to give a black fill to Test View black layer
Leave OOB Background layer transparent for the time being.
Now add a layer mask to Picture Frame and Original Copy layers
Make Original layer invisible (You may never need this layer)
See Fig 3

Fig 3

Step 4 - Creating the Pseudo Picture Frame.
1 - Select the transparent Picture Frame (Not the Picture Frame Mask)
2 – Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool to draw the outline of your picture frame. See Fig 4

Fig 4

3 - Edit-->stroke. Select 15 pixels, inside and white colour, blending normal at 100% opacity. Then click OK.
4 - Select --> Transformation Selection. (Ctrl+T). See Fig 5

Fig 5

5 - Place mouse inside the selection area and single Right Click and choose Perspective. Then use the grab points to alter the shape of the pseudo picture frame to suit the image and effect. See Fig 6

Fig 6

6 - when you are happy with the desired shape of the Picture Frame, press Enter to accept the transformation.
7 - Select --> Deselect (Ctrl+D) to deselect the Picture Frame. See Fig 7

Fig 7

Step 6 - Masking Out the background.
1 - Select the MASK of the Original Copy layer
2 - Select the paint brush in the tools pallet. Set it at about 13 pixels with 95% hardness. Ensure that Black is chosen in the colour pallet in the Tool set.
Note: If you haven’t used masks before, the technique is easy and non destructive. Basically you use a Black brush to paint transparency and White brush to restore the image if you make a mistake or need to do some fine tweaking… Before we remove all the unwanted background, it is wise to test that you have selected the mask properly. Step 3 below will do this test. If the test fails, start over from step 1 of this section.
3 - With the black paint brush, paint over a small portion of the background. It will appear black, however if you make the ‘Test View Black’ layer invisible, the masked area will appear white. If that is so, reselect the MASK of the ‘Original Copy’ layer. See Fig 8

Fig 8

4 - Zoom in to the portion of the image you want to have outside the frame 200~300% and start to black paint out the background. You will probably need to alter the brush size from time to time, especially to get into tight corners etc. If you make a mistake and paint over a bit that you didn’t intend to, just change the brush colour to white & paint it back again. The more time you spend being carefully painting out, the better the result. Fig 9
shows the part process at 300% with the ‘Test View Black’ layer switched off.
See Fig 9

Fig 9

5 - Zoom out to normal size and carefully use the black paintbrush to paint around the picture frame. See Fig 10

Fig 10

6 - Now select a larger brush and black paint the rest of the unwanted background. See Fig 11

Fig 11

At this stage, you can toggle the visibility of the black & white ‘Test View’ layers to confirm all is well.

Step 7 - Masking the Pseudo Frame.
1 Zoom in to 200~300%
2 – Select the MASK on the ‘Picture Frame’ layer
3 – Black paint out the portion of the picture frame that obscures the OOB portion. Pay attention at the edges.
See Fig 12

Fig 12

4 – At this stage you can crop the image to the finished aspect ratio. See Fig 13

Fig 13

Step 8 - Adding a slight shadow to two sides of the Picture Frame.
1 set the ‘Test View Black & white’ layers to invisible.
2- Select the ‘Picture Frame Shadow’ layer
3 – Select black colour and a paintbrush of about 13 pixels hardness = 100%
4 – Draw a line of black at the left and bottom of the picture frame. See Fig 14

Fig 14

(To draw a nice neat straight line, click on the start point, then move the cursor to the finishing point and press & hold shift, then click)

5 – Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur and set radius at 6 pixels. Don’t worry at this stage if the shadow looks too heavy. Just accept it for the moment. See Fig 15

Fig 15

Step 9 - Creating a Pseudo Background.
It is important to have a neutral background to that the picture frame stands out.
1 – Select the OOB Background layer
2 – Select the Gradient Tool (It could be hiding under the paint bucket tool). With the gradient tool selected, select a neutral gradient and drag a gradient onto the background.
3 – Set the ‘Test View Black’ layer back to visible
See Fig 16

Fig 16

Step 10 - Adjust Picture Frame Shadow.
1 – select the ‘Picture Frame Shadow’ layer
2 – in the layers pallet, select the opacity and set it to about 30~40%
See Fig 17

Fig 17

Final steps.
1 - Save the image in a format that will preserve the layers. (For future reference) I use Photoshop’s native format *.psd
2 – Layer --> Flatten Image. (You will be asked ‘Discard Hidden layers’ press OK)
3 – Save as a *.jpg

Enjoy.

Article Copyright 2009 - DonaldG & techsupportforum.com ]]> DonaldG http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/430726-tutorial-creating-out-bounds-image.html NEWLY FORMATTED 4GB Compact Flash Card *OUT OF MEMORY* http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/430122-newly-formatted-4gb-compact-flash-card-out-memory.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:09 GMT This is a tip for anyone like me that decided to add a spare 4GB Compact Flash card to their Kit only to find after
(apparently successful) formatting within the camera that it is "OUT OF MEMORY" when you go to use it to take pictures.

Looking at my 2GB Card using a CF-USB adapter I noted that the card format is FAT ie 16 bits.
That basically means that one can only use up to 2GB of memory (2048 MB) just like in the good old days of DOS.
Partitioning is required to make it useful.

Whilst looking at the CF card from within windows you will need to copy the contents of the formatted CF Card into a folder.
You could use a new folder on your Desktop for example .

It MUST be copied back to the card after creating the 2GB partition.
Without this information you'll need to reformat using your camera & you'll have to start all over again!
If you don't have the ability to do this from within Windows it is possible to do it another way as explained later.

Unfortunately it's not so easy to create a partition on removable media using Microsoft as your workstation.
If you can boot into a DOS Floppy that has USB support then you could use fdisk to create a DOS partition,
but so far I haven't seen any bootable DOS floppy disks with that option. That doesn't mean that they don't exist, just that I haven't found any.

I used Parted Magic LIVE CD and having placed my 4GB card in an adapter and plugged it into a USB port, I then Booted from the live CD,

***NOTE that if you have problems, after booting, with seeing your Display, reboot & select #6 on the menu
Safe Graphics Settings (VGA = Normal) ***

"mounted" the 4GB CF card, created a folder on my desktop and copied the contents from the CF card to the Folder.

This can easily be done by opening two windows, one with the CF card and one with the New Folder, just click on each to open a window.
Left click (just like Windows) and you should see the commands Copy (& Paste after you have used Copy to place something in Memory)
(this is not shown in the photo's unfortunately)

DO THIS BEFORE YOU PROCEED ANY FURTHER SINCE WE ARE ABOUT TO REMOVE ALL CONTENTS FROM THE CF CARD!!

Also remember that since we are using the LIVE CD whatever we place on our desktop will disappear if we lose power or shutdown!

Select Partition Editor from the Desktop and when open select the USB device from the drop-down menu listing the storage media.

Click on the drive (under where its says Partition), click on DELETE and afterwards APPLY, both found on the menu bar.

Click now on the "Unallocated" area, select NEW, leave the setting as Primary Partition, adjust the size to 2048 MB and File System to FAT16.

Click on apply and then confirm to proceed.

A second FAT16 partition can also be created by clicking again on "unallocated", selecting NEW then "Create as" EXTENDED,

Apply and confirm the action if & when asked.

Now select the unallocated space in the extended partition, Click NEW, leave the size untouched and select FAT16 again.

Click apply and confirm when asked.

You will now have two partitions on your CF card that have been formatted as FAT16.

Close the Partition Editor Window and then from the side bar on the window where you were working with the CF Card contents,
you should see the 2 NEW partitions listed. Click on the 2GB partition and select "mount".

Open the other window where you had pasted the original contents, copy and paste them back into the 2GB partition.
Click on the side bar to "unmount" the partition and you will be able to remove the card and check it out on your camera.

It should see the partition and be working normally now, without an error message!

You will not be able to use that 2nd partition with your camera since the camera will only see the Primary Partition.
However it could be a useful Hidden area for transferring files around using your CF card reader.

Once finished just logout, remove the CD from the drive and reboot into your normal operating system. ]]> Done_Fishin http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/430122-newly-formatted-4gb-compact-flash-card-out-memory.html <![CDATA[Processing Kodacolor in B&W chemistry]]> http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/429633-processing-kodacolor-b-w-chemistry.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:08:27 GMT I just processed a roll of kodak kodacolor-x that i recently shot in an old argus super 75. i processed the roll in kodak hc110. it turned out really well but i can't post anything from it because my worthless epson PERFECTION 2400 Photo scanner can't seem to find any negatives. priceless! anyone know of a good scanner like hp or canon that will find negatives??
Anyone here develop their own film or print their own pictures?? ]]> cj8281 http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/429633-processing-kodacolor-b-w-chemistry.html Image Maker 3SE http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/429611-image-maker-3se.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:42:01 GMT I have just purchased a new Canon camcorder and have loaded the Pixela ImageMixer 3SE software that came with the camera. I printed off the manual but it missed some pages, now I can't for the life of me find where I accessed the manual! This is silly I know! It has taken a while to get everything up and running properly now I would like fiddle with the videos we've recorded. Can anyone help? Thanks.
pdlb ]]> pdlb http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/429611-image-maker-3se.html Google Earth Panoramio photographs Trojan warning http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/428516-google-earth-panoramio-photographs-trojan-warning.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:15:46 GMT This is a heads up.

I am an avid contributer to putting photographs on Google Earth (GE) - I have over 400 photos & panoramas there.

After years of happy contributions, in the last 12 hours, I have had several 'Viewer comments' on my photos/Panoramio page.

The comment contains a link to an executable file. The link is to a virus/trojan. On investigating this morning, I discovered that hundreds of Panoramio/GE contributers have also been spammed in the same way.

If you visit look at any photograph on GE, the photographs are safe. However, you may also see a comment about the photo from another viewer with a the link to a *.exe. Do not click that link. Panoramio are taking action on removing the miscreant comments but it does take a few hours before it disappears. (I have manually removed dangerous comments from my page.)

Just be cautious when clicking on any links.:4-thatsba ]]> DonaldG http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/428516-google-earth-panoramio-photographs-trojan-warning.html Looking for FREE imaging software? Look here! http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/425730-looking-free-imaging-software-look-here.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:41:56 GMT I am indebted to Koala for this info and link; It links to an OPEN SOURCE Free alternatives to Photoshop. There are eleven alternatives listed and linked. http://divageekdesigns.com/2009/06/21/11-open-source-free-photoshop-alternatives/ Artweaver Fotographix Beta 3 Gimp Inkscape I am indebted to Koala for this info and link;

It links to an OPEN SOURCE Free alternatives to Photoshop. There are eleven alternatives listed and linked.

http://divageekdesigns.com/2009/06/2...-alternatives/

Artweaver
Fotographix Beta 3
Gimp
Inkscape
Krita
ChocoFlop
Picnik
Adobe Photoshop Express *
Paint.NET
CinePaint0.23
PhotoPlus

* Adobe actually has a free web based photo editor of their own. Adobe Photoshop Express has all the basic functionality you’d expect as well as a few advanced features (sadly though, no layers), and interfaces well with a number of photo sharing websites. Again, completely cross platform. ]]> DonaldG http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/425730-looking-free-imaging-software-look-here.html What Digital Cam do you all use for professional shots? http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/425077-what-digital-cam-do-you-all-use-professional-shots.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:46:13 GMT I am looking to buy a new Camera. Someone recommended Nikon D5000. What do you all use? I am looking to buy a new Camera. Someone recommended Nikon D5000.

What do you all use? ]]> djf863000 http://www.techsupportforum.com/home-support/photographers-corner/425077-what-digital-cam-do-you-all-use-professional-shots.html