i did the upgrade once before but i forgot already so i still have the page open. good lookin out as i didn't know it was two parts!!! i'm glad i just charged my batteries also!!! thank you again for the information, i'd have hated a 1200 dollar paper weight..lol!

cool, thanks i've been hammering their site every couple days looking for it!!! thanks for the heads up!!!!

that's something i never would have thought of MG! wish i had the money for that 8 thousand dollar cannon that's true 35mm format. that sucks that digital does that with the lenses!!! thank you for that tip, as i said, i never would have thought about that!!! eb

thank you both for the invaluable information!!! i greatly appreciate it!!! believe it or not i've been trying to figure this stuff out for a while now but never bothered to ask as i didn't have the money to do anything just yet. i had no idea what to look for or how to phrase it for googleing!!! honestly i did try before asking:)!! again, thank you both for the assistance, it really helps a ton!!! eb

thanks cyn, that's very useful information! i had no idea of that aspect!!! eventually i'd like to get one of those new epsons with the ultra chrome inks.. when i get the money that is, maybe i'll auction off a body part on ebay...lol!!!

ooops!!! Pascale...my bad!!! you know us illiterat americans..lol!!!

for my last couple posts i did no sharpening at all. after the printing place pretty much roasted my post work technique and said there was an unusual amount of noise for a 6mp camera. so i decided to omit it from the routine and do only the minimal color or grayscale and curve adjustments. so far i'm pretty happy with the way they're turning out... the real test will be when i get them printed. thanks for the replay Pascal, i appreciate it!!! good to see you back btw:)!!! eb

i set the view mode to monitor rgb, CMYK is what it defaults to. i've been reading the articles in cyn's link and there is some great stuff there. when less tired i'll dig deaper and try out some of the techniques. that sucks, i've got so many to re-do now...lol!!! thanks for the help DM. eb

wow, thanks Cyn, you're the best!!! damn Randy, that's mighty useful!!! sharpening is always the last step in my pw. i had got a tip from someone else here on the site that suggested that i sharpen twice then unsharp. not knowing any better i did just that and have been doing so for months...damn it...lol!!! good thing i'm anal and keep the original file seperate from the postworked ones. looks like it's back to the drawling board. thank you both for the tremendous help, your assistance is greatly appreciated!!! eb

awesome shot Michael... sorry i'm late!!! out of all those shots i took i only have a few post worthy images...lol!!! all those times i dumped my memory card only netted about 100 shots... i need to get a bigger card...heh heh!!!

yey...it worked...now, how am i going to remember this...lol!! thanks for all the time and effort Doug, it's very much appreciated!!! eb

ok, now seeing this i know where i went wrong. i'll give it a shot right now!!! thank you all for the help, i really appreciate it!!! eb

that's a great idea, invest a little..er...more like a lot now and reap the rewards later!!! definitely give us a review wehn you get it and had a chance to play around with it, i'd love to hear how it works and it's quality!! good luck with it!!! EB

ok, i tried it and i totally screwed up. the link was gone and so were the lines around the comments. it's no big deal, i rarely link to other stuff in my posts so don't sweat it on my account...

yeah Doug...this may be a bit out of my skill level, but i shall try it none the less...i'll be back..lol!!! thank you for the help!