Pet portrait - Engraving Etc. Forum

From:	BrianC (INKSQUIRTER)	11 Apr 2007
To:	ALL	1 of 14

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Taken with my Pentax K100D with 18-55mm kit lens........Vivitar 285H flash with Stofen Omnibounce diffuser.

Comments appreciated..........good and bad!

I'm wondering how this photo would laser engrave.......

For a higher resolution shot see:
http://upload.pbase.com/image/77011182/original

Brian

From:	Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)	11 Apr 2007
To:	BrianC (INKSQUIRTER)	2 of 14

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If you use Corel Paint, increase the contrast a little with the 'level equalization...' (n X3 Contrast equalization'). Then use 'effects/sharpen/unsharp mask' to sharpen it a bit and it will laser very well.

Really cute and well composed shot.

Philadelphia, PA (Really Bensalem)

When you finally understand it completely... it changes.

From:	BrianC (INKSQUIRTER)	11 Apr 2007
To:	Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY)	3 of 14

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Thanks Harvey,

I am thinking I might try a piece of marble and maybe acrylic...

Brian

From:	Barbara (RGILE)	12 Apr 2007
To:	BrianC (INKSQUIRTER)	4 of 14

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Hi Brian, I love the photo and think it would engrave very nice. I would love to have that nice of a photo. Yesterday, I had a lady pull out a piece of copy paper with a photo of her son and dog on it, and it was folded in three places. It was also just printed on the paper. Needless to say, I told her she had to bring me a better photo. Preferably, the original, or sent to me as a gif or bitmap on the email. She did leave a deposit with me, and told me she would send me a photo. So, back to your photo. I use photograv to process my photos and this on would be very nicely done. If you use photograv, I usually always engrave at 300dpi, enhance it at between 5 and 7, and that usually give me a very nice engraving. Good luck, the little guy is very cute. and the picture tells a thousand words. Barbara :D Barbara Sample RGile Engravers

From:	BrianC (INKSQUIRTER)	12 Apr 2007
To:	Barbara (RGILE)	5 of 14

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Barbara,

As much as you like doing photos you should invest in a decent camera and flash and go for it. I have seen your work!

I am having a good time with the new dSLR....course we have 6 dogs around the house while our daughter is living with us. There are lots of photo ops....

If you are interested in any of my photos for engraving samples I would be happy to send them to you.

I can post some on my photo website if you like...

Brian

From:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	16 Apr 2007
To:	ACJ (LADYCUTTER)	7 of 14

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That is a nice photo. I engraved this one for a customer, it's a classic Mikey www.pictureitinstone.com www.jadeputters.com "Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute."--- George Bernard Shaw

From:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	16 Apr 2007
To:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	8 of 14

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Mikey, We're not going to make a burning issue of file sizes, but if you convert the largest dimension of your photo to 7 inches, at 72 dpi, not only will the file size come down considerably, but the image will be viewable on people's monitors, without them having to scroll, to see the entire image. Love the pic. :-) David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri DGL Engraving Port Hueneme, CA
EDITED: 16 Apr 2007 by DGL

From:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	17 Apr 2007
To:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	9 of 14

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Sorry, when I looked at it after I posted it to see how it came out about 1/3 of the screen on my laptop so I assumed it was fine. Mikey www.pictureitinstone.com www.jadeputters.com "Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute."--- George Bernard Shaw

From:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	17 Apr 2007
To:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	10 of 14

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Do most people know how to set the automatic image resizing? Right click on Explorer-properties-advanced-scroll to multimedia and make sure the automatic image resizing box is checked. Mikey www.pictureitinstone.com www.jadeputters.com "Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute."--- George Bernard Shaw

From:	Stunt Engraver (DGL)	17 Apr 2007
To:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	11 of 14

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It's OK. You thought the size was fine. Some people either don't know how to resize an image or forget to. David "The Stunt Engraver" Lavaneri DGL Engraving Port Hueneme, CA

From:	Barbara (RGILE)	19 Apr 2007
To:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	12 of 14

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That photo is awesome. I also do a lot of pets, it's so much fun isn't it? Good Job!! Barb PS what size was the engraving? Barbara Sample RGile Engravers

From:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	19 Apr 2007
To:	Barbara (RGILE)	13 of 14

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The customer allowed me to use it as a display so I have a 12 inch, 6 inch and a 4x6 mounted on a 6x8 piece of tan granite Mikey www.pictureitinstone.com www.jadeputters.com "Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute."--- George Bernard Shaw

From:	Barbara (RGILE)	20 Apr 2007
To:	MIKEY (JADEPUTTERS)	14 of 14

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Well, you did a fantastic job. Display it proudly. Having it mounted onto a piece of granite is a great idea. It give the customer ideas. Have a great spring season, Barbara Barbara Sample RGile Engravers