One of the reasons that I like film and darkroom so much is the absolute control that I have over the process of making a print. Like one of my heros, the great Ansel Adams said, shoot the negative for the shadows and develop the print for the highlights.
My questions is: how does one “dodge” a shadow or “burn in” a highlight while manipulating a digital print in the confuser, especially with Jasc Paint Shop Pro?
Cant speak for that product, but Photoshop has a dodge and burn feature that works well. I use it to bring out the dark parts of the underside of locos that are often underexposed.
That’s the beauty of the digital picture. You can do so much with it that you cannot do with film…and you don’t have to work with messy chemicals. A good editor like Photoshop has so many tools that allow you to do almost anything with the picture.
Steve,
I use Microsoft “Picture-It”.
There is a program that I loaded on your confuser last year for the INGRS Newsletter that is bundled in with the Print-shop. Open a blank page, import your photo to it, right click the photo and choose “Photo Workshop” It isn’t as good as some programs, but you can crop, adjust, etc. Then when you are done, you can save it back to the picture file you got it from. Name it with a different name and that way you’ll keep the original. Confusing, huh?
Lemme know if you need any help.
jb
Do yourself a favor and get a copy of Photoshop Elements. It’s got much of the features of the full-blown Photoshop at a mere fraction of the price. (Usually between $50 and $100). Find a good book (Anything by Deke McClellend would be a good start, but there are plenty of others), and an on-line forum for Photoshop techniques (again, there are plenty), and start playing. Your darkroom will quickly become a storage closet. MUCH more powerful than a darkroom could ever dream of becoming. It’s amazing what you can bring out of an image, even old negatives. The “dodge” and “burn” tools are only two options you have…
Ansel Adams would be glued to his computer.
Later,
K
I have both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Delux (as well as the regular Photoshop) and both came bundled with printers. If you have a recent printer purchase (last 5 years) find the software that came with it and most likely you will have it bundled there…usually on the printer install disk.