Re: image problem

Hello......

First of all, I want to thank everyone who took the time to answer my
question. I've tried to respond to several of them privately, but I'll send
this to the list to save having to re-type the same information again.

I've come to the conclusion that this is a matter of my computer simply not
liking this one particular image. I have made every adjustment to both my
monitor and the settings of my computer, to no avail. The hair comes out
completely black with no variation, and the skin tones come out very normal.
This happens on two different websites where the picture appears.

When I pull the image into my Paint Shop Pro, I used the color dropper to
grab the color from several different places on the hair, and each time it
read black....Red 0, Blue 0, Green 0. I have had four different people alter
the image in the desired fashion and send it back to me, and still the same
result. Their image looks just the same as the original image.....at least
as far as color goes. Again, I have made every adjustment I can think of to
my PSP.

I have scoured the net for other pictures of women with dark auburn hair,
and have been able to see the color clearly and pull it up with my PSP. I
recently did a very complicated job which required a lot of very detailed
color matching, and had no problems. I checked the color palette of the
image, and it is at the proper setting.

So, the only thing that I am left to conclude, short of a 100-mile trip to
the nearest computer repair shop, is that it is something with this one
image that conflicts with something in my computer. I've decided not to
worry about it unless the problem surfaces again.

Again, thank you to everyone who offered advice,
Dusty


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimiko Drew" <macruimmon(at)earthlink.net>
To: "Jami" <designsbydusty(at)tiadon.com>; <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: image problem


> At 09:05 PM 7/14/01 -0500, Jami wrote:
> >However, the person I did the picture for swears that the hair is more of
an
> >auburn shade and that the airbrushed hair looks black. For the life of
me, I
> >can't see the difference. Could someone please look at this picture and
tell
> >me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Hi Dusty
>
> I agree with the others, her hair has more auburn in coloration. Its
> similar to my own. Looks black, but isn't. Check the monitor as they all
> mentioned. My monitor at work I never use for photo work, as it is too
> dark, and won't get any better (cheap card and cheap monitor). But I use
it
> for testing, as it is a "normal" monitor in comparison to my home one.
>
> Also, you wanted technique. Try the color picker and pick different points
> of her hair. Then use a fine airbrush point. Pick a slightly different
> color. Or for a different technique, try using the rubber stamper, if PSP
> has one. I use Photoshop so I am not sure about PSP. Again, be sure to not
> use just one section, but change off for a more varied look. The
> rubberstamping tool is a bit tricky to use, so practice a lot first, or it
> will look as bad as cut and paste.
>
> Good luck and hth.
>
>
> Kimiko Drew
> macruimmon(at)earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~macruimmon/
> a web designer in The Camarilla
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>
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>

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