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Richard Budig · 08-27-2006, 08:41 AM

When you post a picture of your painting, whether finished or as a work in progress, is it from a simple digital photo you've taken, or from the scanning process of a computer generated giclee?

I'm curious because both methods have their good and bad aspects. Digital photos taken by yourself are cheaper, but sometimes it is necessary to tweak colors and intensities in a photo editor, while the giclee process is usually just plain expensive.

By the way, Garth Herrick (sp?) recently posted a really neat method for removing the usual keystone effect one gets when taking photos of paintings. If you can't find it somewhere on this site, I made a copy and will be happy to give it to you, or post it here. It works well in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

08-27-2006, 08:41 AM	#1
Richard Budig Juried Member Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 260	Your posted paintings . . . digital or giclee? When you post a picture of your painting, whether finished or as a work in progress, is it from a simple digital photo you've taken, or from the scanning process of a computer generated giclee? I'm curious because both methods have their good and bad aspects. Digital photos taken by yourself are cheaper, but sometimes it is necessary to tweak colors and intensities in a photo editor, while the giclee process is usually just plain expensive. By the way, Garth Herrick (sp?) recently posted a really neat method for removing the usual keystone effect one gets when taking photos of paintings. If you can't find it somewhere on this site, I made a copy and will be happy to give it to you, or post it here. It works well in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.