Tuesday, June 15, 2010

17/ What I Learnt this Semester

  • Do not print at Bica
  • Will print gloss at school next semester
  • Some studio backgrounds (in both cases grey) printed with banding. To avoid this export these particular files as 16 bit tiffs as opposed to 8 bit jpegs
  • My Workflow for Next semester: CR2s -> PSDs -> TIFFs for print, not JPEGs
  • Off-cuts of matte board are cheap and perfect to mount on. Next time only buy white boards
  • Bica prices: $22 per A3 (no corrections) | $60 per A2 | $15 per A4
  • Bica paper is not pure white, and many prints were too dark and had a cast (i.e. red)
  • Edit high res files as the shoots are completed, do not leave all the high res editing to the end
  • Final Folders: SOURCE (CR2s + Xmp) | HIGH RES (Tiffs) | WEB (Jpegs) | SCREEN (Jpegs)

What I need to Clarify
  • What setting do I need to change on the power-packs so that the modeling light does not turn off every time after each flash is fired?

2 comments:

  1. I have talked to dave specifically about this. It is a safety feature of the power packs that automatically turns off the modelling light after each disperse. There is nothing you can change on the pack that can have it on all the time.

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  2. oh really? thanks aimee. i don't know why but i swear i remember last year that they used to stay on, i dont remember them ever turning off between shots?

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