First, thanks very much to everyone who helped me in the choice! I've gone for an Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 with 2GB of RAM (2x1GB) and 19" Eizo LCD screen and I love it...it is blazingly fast
I have a couple of questions:
1- RAW and Adobe Bridge: with my older computer I never used brigde because it is too slow...now it works fine, but I can not see the thumbnails of 350D's RAW files...the Camera RAW plug-in is updated to version 3.1 and PS CS2 opens the files without any problem. What can I do to "update" Bridge, to make it show the RAWs?
2- Printing: so far I've been pretty sloppy about printing - a friend has a photo lab and he printed my photos for free ;-)
I recently received a Canon IP8500 printer as gift and now I want to start printing by myself...
My question: I want to make borderless prints, so, after resizing the photo at 300dpi, I select print and then I "borderless" in the printing window. When I select this option, I get an alert message that says that the image will be enlarged and slighly cropped.
Is it the right procedure? Or should I resize the image slightly larger than the actual print size to get a borderless print?
Juza, congratulations on the new electronics. You will enjoy the speed and ease os use the new stuff gives you.
RE the borderless question - No do not resize to avoid the message. There is a slight overlap, but not noticable. I have been using a Canon i9900 for a few years and found I do move the slider option to the left one notch to reduce overlap slightly. If I move it 2 notches I get ink on the paper edges the real thin edge (like the sharp dege of a razor) not on the printed surface itself. However, I don't like the ink being there so I only move the slider one notch to the left.
Only issue I have with borderless prints on the i9900 is that when there are smooth BGs the trailing edge of the print gets a faint blurred change in print quality that is about 3 mm wide. Canon says this is normal. I am hoping their newer printers eliminate this issue. However it only shows up on the occasional print with very smooth BGs.
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2 repliesFirst, thanks very much to everyone who helped me in the choice! I've gone for an Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 with 2GB of RAM (2x1GB) and 19" Eizo LCD screen and I love it...it is blazingly fast
I have a couple of questions:
1- RAW and Adobe Bridge: with my older computer I never used brigde because it is too slow...now it works fine, but I can not see the thumbnails of 350D's RAW files...the Camera RAW plug-in is updated to version 3.1 and PS CS2 opens the files without any problem. What can I do to "update" Bridge, to make it show the RAWs?
2- Printing: so far I've been pretty sloppy about printing - a friend has a photo lab and he printed my photos for free ;-)
I recently received a Canon IP8500 printer as gift and now I want to start printing by myself...
My question: I want to make borderless prints, so, after resizing the photo at 300dpi, I select print and then I "borderless" in the printing window. When I select this option, I get an alert message that says that the image will be enlarged and slighly cropped.
Is it the right procedure? Or should I resize the image slightly larger than the actual print size to get a borderless print?
Thanks for your help
I'll appreciate any help about question 2!
RE the borderless question - No do not resize to avoid the message. There is a slight overlap, but not noticable. I have been using a Canon i9900 for a few years and found I do move the slider option to the left one notch to reduce overlap slightly. If I move it 2 notches I get ink on the paper edges the real thin edge (like the sharp dege of a razor) not on the printed surface itself. However, I don't like the ink being there so I only move the slider one notch to the left.
Only issue I have with borderless prints on the i9900 is that when there are smooth BGs the trailing edge of the print gets a faint blurred change in print quality that is about 3 mm wide. Canon says this is normal. I am hoping their newer printers eliminate this issue. However it only shows up on the occasional print with very smooth BGs.
Enjoy your new toys.