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[Judy]

Hi,

I have been curious what happens to some of the pictures that disappear from the galleries and no one ever posts them on the forums.  I know that some people are so expert they might not need (or want) advice, but are they ever posted anywhere after they have been restored so we can see what happened with them?  I would really find that interesting. 

I do go through the gallery pictures (those shown at the top) -- do people post those slideshows themselves?  Anyhow, so far I haven't found the pictures that interest me in the gallery, but it could be because I am not making it to the correct slideshows (and I tend to lose my place in trying to methodically go through all slideshows and gallery)

Thanks!

Judy

[Mhayes]

Hi Judy,

The pictures that disappear from the galleries have been taken by other volunteers and are restored and returned. If they are not returned or if the volunteer wants them reposted--they will appear back in the gallery.  I do have volunteers that are quite good and feel comfortable with their photos and do not feel the need to post to the forum. I have some that should, but don't. Unless the volunteer posts their work, you won't see in the Before & After Gallery. Maybe at some time we could have something like a contact sheet, but right now it is not practical to post each person's work in the gallery as that would take a lot more time and work than what we have. Nashville had over 1,000 photos and it is not practical for us to post the results for every photo. Sorry.

Margie

[Pat]

Hi Judy,

You can post your before and after photos if you like by clicking on GALLERY then “my images” and then “add a picture”.  

As Margie says it's unfortunate that we don't get to see all the restored photos.

Pat

[Judy]

Thanks Margie and Pat,

It would be very educational to be able to see the restored photos.  I knew some were taken and never posted on the forums -- in fact I did one like that myself.  I didn't know, however, whether it might eventually get posted in the gallery.  Now I understand the process a bit better.

I guess, then, also that when people post their own pictures, it might not be actually the final photo as it goes out, as QC could change it after it is sent "home"?  Also, in the gallery it doesn't appear that who did it is posted -- is that true, or am I missing something.

As long as I am being a nuisance with questions -- on the final process, if it doesn't look good printed, I am hoping the people increase the saturation, make it less bright, or whatever.  This is because I have an uncalibrated system, and definitely in doing my own photos I always have to fiddle a bit to get it to look good.  I asked Jonas this, but he wasn't real positive whether there would be simple adjustments then.  He liked the result, but when I printed it, I would have wanted the colors deeper.  Then again, some finals look garish to me, and I suspect that is a difference in how our computers are set up rather than how it looks when printed.

Obviously, I have been building up the questions, however now with galleries empty it seems like a good time to ask!

Judy

[Mhayes]

Judy, when a Before/After gets posted to the gallery it still has to have the distributors approval and that is why it is better to get the final approval before uploading to the gallery.

It saves headaches for you to have a calibrated monitor, but in the end it will be QC that decides whether a photo needs more contrast or correction. That is why we ask that you do not sharpen your photo as that decision will be up to QC. One thing that should always be done before sending your photo is to look at it at 100% or more.

The other thing to keep in mind is that what appears on the Internet is not a true indication of what the photo looks on your computer. For instance, Internet Explorer does not read the color profile embedded on photos and lots of times I have seen photos on the forum that look too red only to find when I downloaded the photo its color was fine.

QC has the final say on how a photo is sent out, but if your distributor gave final approval on your photo there should not be much else done to it. One of the final things checked by QC is that the color profile is correct and that the extension matches the size on the photo.

I think it is great you are asking questions and it keeps us from falling asleep on the forum.

Margie