Picasa Before and After
Submitted by Andy Mac on Thu, 2009-07-23 22:46
Just a quick example of what Russ was saying. This is a cutting room floor pic of a fish you wil see in Issue 3 of Reeltime.
The difference between the two is the first is the original and the sencond is a one button "I feel lucky" job using Picasa 3.
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once you have seen the
once you have seen the results you wont just put up any old pic , they will be doctored. when you get into picasa 3 there is a lot more things you can do
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Did you run the effects on
Did you run the effects on the original camera image, or one you had allready cropped and reduced on your computer Andy?
Pity RAW takes up so much space on the camera, as you can get really good colour changes out of that (as theres no image compression and more colours)
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small file size image
Just to show everyone how a one button "dummie proof" click can improve your pics substantially.
Agree on the RAW issue too guys.
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For sure, shooting raw is
For sure, shooting raw is really a minimum requirement if you're into postprocessing =)
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Make sure you have plenty of
Make sure you have plenty of harddrive space if you are going to use Picasa
Computer screens are very forgiving. Print one off and see what it looks like.
One using your compressed JPEG
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not bad for a free software download
Just downloaded Picasa for a looksee and a quick play.
It has some nice features built in, but having used Photoshop for the last 10+ years, I find even basic fixes are much quicker in Photoshop with more control..
As for RAW images... Don't get too caught up with them.
Shooting professionally for the last 8 years, I can count on 1 hand how many times I have shot RAW...
The times I have, it has only been to have a comparison with high JPG's..
We simply just don't have the time to process RAW files when trying to get images out to clients, let alone the physical disc space required.
All editorial and commercial work that I shoot is in JPG and there is absolutely no issue.
Sure you can argue better shadow and high light detail control, larger file size, colour balance correction, but get your exposures and white balance right in the beginning and most of your problems are sorted.
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dont understand a lot
but what you said makes some sort of sence to me, we only use picasa on our u/water shots, works a treat but when its a living for you you got to get the pro stuff
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