Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Photo Restoration Hints Number 21 Airbrushing...We jump the shark on SEO one last time.
Welcome Back,
Thanks to those of you who think I jumped the shark on my recent SEO quest and have stayed with me for more actual Photo Restoration Hints. More will follow after I jump the shark one more time...
Good news, my rating went way up (check your own site on freegrader.com). This little gem of a website shows you how you rate on the internet from 1-100 for all the things that Google's little algorithms look for and then tells you what you need to do to fix it. I started with a 6 and got it to 68. I think I have to sell my literal soul at this point to get it higher because I have tried everything to get it higher without result. It has been an interesting ride learning about claiming your business name on directories out there and how to avoid paying for listings (yp.com has a really nice introductory listing service). The biggest thing out there seemed to be getting a "landing page" with a free offer or a survey to get you to interact on your site. The closest think I have to that is a "ready to go" button. It is really an all consuming task if you are like me. I jumped into it and now I am exhausted. At this point, I must set the keyboard down and get back to photo restorations.
It's just as well because the summer is usually a slow time for photo restorations anyway.
Let's talk more about airbrushing photos. This is just another way for going to the first soft brush in the upper left hand corner (it is round with soft edges that fade out) and picking up a little color using the eyedropper tool. Think of an actual airbrush...you load paint into it and it sprays out of the "pen" making a nice way to smooth out things using sprays of paint. In Photo Shop you need to be aware of how this artist's tool works.
Be sure you are using the eye dropper on every part of the item you are airbrushing. If you notice the color box on the left hand side of the screen, you will see that there are different colors all over the picture based upon shadows and highlights. It is easier to see when you run the eyedropper brush over different parts of the picture. You have selected a brush and size, but you still need to look at hardness, opacity and flow.
Hardness is right under the brush when you use the drop down arrow. This along with the opacity and flow are infinite choices you get to make. Don't skimp here. Take the time and look at the difference with these along with size of the brush you selected. I am always trying out different settings until I get the look I want.
One of your best friends in Photo Shop is the History Panel....(window/history) Using this will allow you to go back. But, make sure you are saving your work along the way in different versions. Sometimes the history panel doesn't go back every single step you took and you are back to the beginning. Oh, Snap.
Long story short, the airbrush is a beautiful tool and allows you to make the softest makeup adjustments. (Don't be afraid here, my manly men friends.) Of course, the clone tool and the two healing brush tools are marvelous too. But, sometimes you just need that little bit of softness that only comes with a light application of "paint" using a soft air brush that Photo Shop provides. Like I have said before, it is easy to overdo. Be very aware of what the subject looked like before and after the restoration and make sure that their mother would still recognize them. This will keep you from having your friends call your restorations "scary". People should not be shocked when they see their restoration. They should be happy and not really know why or how you did it. That is retouching done right.
Thanks for reading my blog.
See you next week ...
Renee :-)
Thanks to those of you who think I jumped the shark on my recent SEO quest and have stayed with me for more actual Photo Restoration Hints. More will follow after I jump the shark one more time...
Good news, my rating went way up (check your own site on freegrader.com). This little gem of a website shows you how you rate on the internet from 1-100 for all the things that Google's little algorithms look for and then tells you what you need to do to fix it. I started with a 6 and got it to 68. I think I have to sell my literal soul at this point to get it higher because I have tried everything to get it higher without result. It has been an interesting ride learning about claiming your business name on directories out there and how to avoid paying for listings (yp.com has a really nice introductory listing service). The biggest thing out there seemed to be getting a "landing page" with a free offer or a survey to get you to interact on your site. The closest think I have to that is a "ready to go" button. It is really an all consuming task if you are like me. I jumped into it and now I am exhausted. At this point, I must set the keyboard down and get back to photo restorations.
It's just as well because the summer is usually a slow time for photo restorations anyway.
Let's talk more about airbrushing photos. This is just another way for going to the first soft brush in the upper left hand corner (it is round with soft edges that fade out) and picking up a little color using the eyedropper tool. Think of an actual airbrush...you load paint into it and it sprays out of the "pen" making a nice way to smooth out things using sprays of paint. In Photo Shop you need to be aware of how this artist's tool works.
Be sure you are using the eye dropper on every part of the item you are airbrushing. If you notice the color box on the left hand side of the screen, you will see that there are different colors all over the picture based upon shadows and highlights. It is easier to see when you run the eyedropper brush over different parts of the picture. You have selected a brush and size, but you still need to look at hardness, opacity and flow.
Hardness is right under the brush when you use the drop down arrow. This along with the opacity and flow are infinite choices you get to make. Don't skimp here. Take the time and look at the difference with these along with size of the brush you selected. I am always trying out different settings until I get the look I want.
One of your best friends in Photo Shop is the History Panel....(window/history) Using this will allow you to go back. But, make sure you are saving your work along the way in different versions. Sometimes the history panel doesn't go back every single step you took and you are back to the beginning. Oh, Snap.
Long story short, the airbrush is a beautiful tool and allows you to make the softest makeup adjustments. (Don't be afraid here, my manly men friends.) Of course, the clone tool and the two healing brush tools are marvelous too. But, sometimes you just need that little bit of softness that only comes with a light application of "paint" using a soft air brush that Photo Shop provides. Like I have said before, it is easy to overdo. Be very aware of what the subject looked like before and after the restoration and make sure that their mother would still recognize them. This will keep you from having your friends call your restorations "scary". People should not be shocked when they see their restoration. They should be happy and not really know why or how you did it. That is retouching done right.
Thanks for reading my blog.
See you next week ...
Renee :-)
Friday, July 25, 2014
ASCII...Just a little more nerdiness for any of you who are interested in it...
This is an extra post...don't worry, I am not going to go too much nerdier than this on my blog. Regular Blog for PhotoShop Restoration Hints posts this weekend. Thanks...
Well, well, well, I am going to show what an old hack I am here...but I thought some of you might like to know about ASCII...pronounced "asskee" from the American Standard Code for Information Interchange....
It's just a little history that you might enjoy knowing if you don't know already.
Well, well, well, I am going to show what an old hack I am here...but I thought some of you might like to know about ASCII...pronounced "asskee" from the American Standard Code for Information Interchange....
It's just a little history that you might enjoy knowing if you don't know already.
ASCII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia has most of the historical information on it on this link.
So, the Wikipedia Link above goes into a lot of information about why it was needed back in the day. BUT, the two things I find it helpful for still is with the accent mark on my name on an email or a copyright sign on my website.
© Hold down the alt key and type in 0169 at the same time and you get this © copyright character.
é Hold down the alt key and type 0233 at the same time and you get the accent mark over the e.
There are tons of these...you need to know this less and less as the internet becomes more WYSIWYG....what you see is what you get....pronounced "wizzy wig"
See if there is a cool character that you need for your name or something else and have fun here...
http://ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm
This blog is brought to you by a nerd who just doesn't want the world to forget the simple beginnings of HTML...(hypertext markup language)...and what the geniuses who have come along have added to it and tweaked it to keep it evolving as the way we talk to each other on the world wide web. The internet is soooo coool.
Thanks for reading my little extra snippet blog today. More on Sunday with my regular blog of Restoration Tips.
Renée L. Theuer
www.rltphotoartist.com
www.photorestoration4u.com
renée@rltphotoartist.com
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Riverside The City of Arts and Innovation. Are You New in Town?
Riverside The City of Arts and Innovation
Hi,
Just wanted to talk about my new website and especially my page dedicated to all of those of you who are looking for how to connect in the arts community in Riverside. The Arts Walk is such a great place to start and I have included helpful links for recreation, a great coffee bistro, museums, famous landmarks in Riverside, and how to enter your art into various shows in the city. There are lots more things to add but I started here just to whet your appetite.
If you are new in Riverside and need city services, call 311. If you need social services of any kind including the suicide hotline and other types of social services help, call 211 in Riverside and you will be right at Connect Riverside--your source for lots of help in Riverside. They have helped me too! I recommend them. Tell you friends and anyone you think might need their help. Their website is also on my links.
A special shout out to Martin Tobias, one of Riverside's Favorite Artists! His website is www.tobiasstudios.com and he has some great stuff. As always, I am a big fan of Jim Barta and his links are on my City of Arts and Innovation page as well.
Need a haircut in a friendly place? Go see the people at Shear Antics. Need shoes or a purse or a belt cut to a new size, go see Carlos at Tom's Shoe Repair in the Brockton Arcade. Carlos can fix anything!
So that's it for now. I can't tell you how many people came into my store and asked me about the happenings in Riverside. I always gave them these links to help them feel more connected. Many of the people were long time residents who had no idea of the resources we have in our little city.
Please take a look at my fresh new redesigned website at www.photorestoration4u
Thanks again for reading my blog...and for those of you who do not live here, thanks for bearing with me while I boast about our wonderful arts community here.
Have a happy week!
Renee :-)
Hi,
Just wanted to talk about my new website and especially my page dedicated to all of those of you who are looking for how to connect in the arts community in Riverside. The Arts Walk is such a great place to start and I have included helpful links for recreation, a great coffee bistro, museums, famous landmarks in Riverside, and how to enter your art into various shows in the city. There are lots more things to add but I started here just to whet your appetite.
If you are new in Riverside and need city services, call 311. If you need social services of any kind including the suicide hotline and other types of social services help, call 211 in Riverside and you will be right at Connect Riverside--your source for lots of help in Riverside. They have helped me too! I recommend them. Tell you friends and anyone you think might need their help. Their website is also on my links.
A special shout out to Martin Tobias, one of Riverside's Favorite Artists! His website is www.tobiasstudios.com and he has some great stuff. As always, I am a big fan of Jim Barta and his links are on my City of Arts and Innovation page as well.
Need a haircut in a friendly place? Go see the people at Shear Antics. Need shoes or a purse or a belt cut to a new size, go see Carlos at Tom's Shoe Repair in the Brockton Arcade. Carlos can fix anything!
So that's it for now. I can't tell you how many people came into my store and asked me about the happenings in Riverside. I always gave them these links to help them feel more connected. Many of the people were long time residents who had no idea of the resources we have in our little city.
Please take a look at my fresh new redesigned website at www.photorestoration4u
Thanks again for reading my blog...and for those of you who do not live here, thanks for bearing with me while I boast about our wonderful arts community here.
Have a happy week!
Renee :-)
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Adobe Photo Shop and other Photo Restoration Programs- Photo Restoration Hints Twenty
Hi,
I wanted to spend a little time talking about Adobe Photo Shop Software today and other software programs that you can get for free on the internet.
There are a LOT of similarities out there between programs. Many of the free programs that you can get with an Google search work great. I advise that you try a few of them before investing a LOT of money in the Photo Shop Suite of Programs. Yes, they have broken it down to make more money. And they have gone to a monthly subscription fee which seems horrible at first. (More later on subscriptions to Adobe)
The thing that I always tell people who sit with me for a while to learn the basic navigation of a photo restoration on Photo Shop is to pay attention only to the tabs at the top of the software. As you compare different software out there, you will start to see the similarities between programs. Concentrate on that and you will be less frustrated by the different interfaces. I have never been a "picture" or graphic user interface admirer. I like my instructions written out. You may be different. However, as I switch from program to program to help others out of a situation, I have seen several things common to all users of all photo enhancement programs.
1. Where are my pictures? OK...this sounds weird, I know but many people do not know where the program stores their pictures. How to get around this? Well, the first way to find out is to "file", "save as" and see where they are actually going. You could use the search function on your computer as well to see the directory and file they are in but if I have already lost you, this will not help. Or, you could pay really close attention to where the program says it is putting them when you install the program to your computer.
I am an old Microsoft Hack so I use the "this pc" folder to go into my directories. (Microsoft keeps taking away the ability to know how files and directories work in computers. (It is my opinion that Apple seems to not want you to worry about much of anything that goes on in the background so you will be happy, happy, happy and tell everyone how easy it is to use your computer. I know it is a Mac.)
But, all kidding aside, you really need to figure out for your own self how to navigate the folders that contain your pictures. Even if you have to use a CD or a flash drive. Just know where they are and how to save your work to the file YOU want them saved to. This is THE most common frustration I see when I help people--the photo restoration part is a piece of cake after this!
2. This is too hard...I will never learn how to do this! Well, actually, it just takes time. You have to be ready to spend a lot of fun time working on this very satisfying hobby. Also, you have to begin to see that your pictures could look better if you learned this. OK...to the purists out there....Great...I am delighted that you want to do this all the "natural" way without any enhancements. I am seriously impressed with your photographic skills and abilities to be able to do that with management of manual settings on your camera. Very cool. But most of the people I work with just want to know how to do a few things and start to see improvement right away. They don't want to spend hours learning new tricks and tips when they can barely navigate the software...(including knowing where their pictures went when they downloaded them.) Sticking to the top navigation bar and learning what the AUTOMATIC fixes are for your picture is a great way to start. It is ok to use the recommended settings....you don't have to be smarter than the software until you have to be for an adjustment that ONLY makes sense to you for artistic expression. So, try a few things and realize that there is usually a button on top or an arrow pointing backwards to allow you to go back to where you were. Worst case scenario, "file" usually has the "exit" button. Close the computer without saving the accidental mess you made of Aunt Wilma's picture. It's how you learn this.
3. I already have Adobe Photoshop. Take a look at what you have. If you got it free with your computer or bought it for around $100.00 at Costco, it is not the Suite. If you like using it, you don't need the Suite. If you get really good using it (usually has high version numbers like 10, 11, 12...etc.) then go for it until you find the need for more. If you spent the rest of your life using it and being comfortable with the results, you would be doing just great! Don't let your friends make you feel bad if you are not using the full expensive version of Photo Shop's Big Version Suite or subscribing to Adobe.com for the full version in order to keep up the best and latest. I like the subscription program now, although I did NOT when it first came out. I think they are eventually converting all of their products to this. I am such a techno geek that I just can't be happy unless I can discover the "new" thing that makes the older version look like last year's purse styles. I just lost the male readers...sorry.
In the meantime, Go and search google for 'free photo restoration programs' and have a ball. Remember points one and two and have a ball. Once you get past steps 1 and 2, you are on your way!!!!
Thanks again for reading my blog...
I wanted to spend a little time talking about Adobe Photo Shop Software today and other software programs that you can get for free on the internet.
There are a LOT of similarities out there between programs. Many of the free programs that you can get with an Google search work great. I advise that you try a few of them before investing a LOT of money in the Photo Shop Suite of Programs. Yes, they have broken it down to make more money. And they have gone to a monthly subscription fee which seems horrible at first. (More later on subscriptions to Adobe)
The thing that I always tell people who sit with me for a while to learn the basic navigation of a photo restoration on Photo Shop is to pay attention only to the tabs at the top of the software. As you compare different software out there, you will start to see the similarities between programs. Concentrate on that and you will be less frustrated by the different interfaces. I have never been a "picture" or graphic user interface admirer. I like my instructions written out. You may be different. However, as I switch from program to program to help others out of a situation, I have seen several things common to all users of all photo enhancement programs.
1. Where are my pictures? OK...this sounds weird, I know but many people do not know where the program stores their pictures. How to get around this? Well, the first way to find out is to "file", "save as" and see where they are actually going. You could use the search function on your computer as well to see the directory and file they are in but if I have already lost you, this will not help. Or, you could pay really close attention to where the program says it is putting them when you install the program to your computer.
I am an old Microsoft Hack so I use the "this pc" folder to go into my directories. (Microsoft keeps taking away the ability to know how files and directories work in computers. (It is my opinion that Apple seems to not want you to worry about much of anything that goes on in the background so you will be happy, happy, happy and tell everyone how easy it is to use your computer. I know it is a Mac.)
But, all kidding aside, you really need to figure out for your own self how to navigate the folders that contain your pictures. Even if you have to use a CD or a flash drive. Just know where they are and how to save your work to the file YOU want them saved to. This is THE most common frustration I see when I help people--the photo restoration part is a piece of cake after this!
2. This is too hard...I will never learn how to do this! Well, actually, it just takes time. You have to be ready to spend a lot of fun time working on this very satisfying hobby. Also, you have to begin to see that your pictures could look better if you learned this. OK...to the purists out there....Great...I am delighted that you want to do this all the "natural" way without any enhancements. I am seriously impressed with your photographic skills and abilities to be able to do that with management of manual settings on your camera. Very cool. But most of the people I work with just want to know how to do a few things and start to see improvement right away. They don't want to spend hours learning new tricks and tips when they can barely navigate the software...(including knowing where their pictures went when they downloaded them.) Sticking to the top navigation bar and learning what the AUTOMATIC fixes are for your picture is a great way to start. It is ok to use the recommended settings....you don't have to be smarter than the software until you have to be for an adjustment that ONLY makes sense to you for artistic expression. So, try a few things and realize that there is usually a button on top or an arrow pointing backwards to allow you to go back to where you were. Worst case scenario, "file" usually has the "exit" button. Close the computer without saving the accidental mess you made of Aunt Wilma's picture. It's how you learn this.
3. I already have Adobe Photoshop. Take a look at what you have. If you got it free with your computer or bought it for around $100.00 at Costco, it is not the Suite. If you like using it, you don't need the Suite. If you get really good using it (usually has high version numbers like 10, 11, 12...etc.) then go for it until you find the need for more. If you spent the rest of your life using it and being comfortable with the results, you would be doing just great! Don't let your friends make you feel bad if you are not using the full expensive version of Photo Shop's Big Version Suite or subscribing to Adobe.com for the full version in order to keep up the best and latest. I like the subscription program now, although I did NOT when it first came out. I think they are eventually converting all of their products to this. I am such a techno geek that I just can't be happy unless I can discover the "new" thing that makes the older version look like last year's purse styles. I just lost the male readers...sorry.
In the meantime, Go and search google for 'free photo restoration programs' and have a ball. Remember points one and two and have a ball. Once you get past steps 1 and 2, you are on your way!!!!
Thanks again for reading my blog...
Monday, July 7, 2014
Photo Restoration Hints Nineteen Basic Understanding of how Website Hosting Works
Hi...glad to have you back...
So I talked about SEO and went into a lot of crazy detail about directories and social media and lots of other things a few posts ago. All that was very helpful, I hope. I am still working on getting my site to show up on a natural search ahead of two businesses that are no longer around. I have been learning more and more about how smart Google's algorithms are in searching the internet. Also, found out that if you don't have your page up for a year, Google quits looking for it and so does every other search engine and directory.
Now, I am looking at how to get the page found again without spending any money because the client has NO BUDGET. That makes it tough. Go to Google Webmaster Tools and they will give you a bit of help and cross your fingers. My customer was on the internet for many years before this one year lapse (because he could not get into the Yahoo Business technical web hosting customer service line. I DO NOT recommend Yahoo Business because of their terrible wait times for technical service. Their techs are GREAT but if you have a life, you will not want to wait the hours it takes to get through.
Some advice follows:
There are 2 things you need to know before you get your own www.coolname.com
1. Purchase a domain name with a reputable web hosting service. I recommend GoDaddy.com You are renting that name for a specified period of time and it is registered to you so that all the servers in the world of the internet know how to find your site and match it up with the proper address when the name is typed into the browser.
2. Make sure that you also buy 'hosting' for that same period of time that you are renting your domain name. Hosting is important because that is where the server that "hosts" your specific site (written in HTML code) on their server in a specific public folder for the world to see. You then upload your website which consists of an index and index files to the space that they "rent" you on their server using an FTP (file transfer protocol) program like CuteFTP. The browser translates the code and puts everything together so that the code turns into a page with writing and pictures. Yipee...Magic.
Why do you need to know this? Well, if you decide to move your page and go to someone else to host it, make sure you have both the domain name and the hosting part covered. You have to transfer your domain name and it's a bit of a hassle depending upon who you work with. If you go and buy new hosting space with another company and forget to follow through with the transfer of your domain name, you could very easily have two hosting arrangements. This is a very expensive mistake to make. There are hosting companies out there that will let you do just that...pay them for hosting without having a domain name attached (another big hosting service) and they will tell you it is not their fault because you were supposed to follow through with them or the previous company (I have heard both) to get it transferred to the hosting server company.
It is very confusing to talk to some of the tech people out there because they assume you understand the basic workings of a website. If you can get this down, you will just have to figure out a few things like how long you want to "rent" the domain name and how long you want to"rent" the space on their server for you to upload your code to. Easy Peasy. Be aware that you can purchase "privacy" that keeps your personal address from showing up when someone searches "whois.com" More fun.
Also, I recommend that you look into their Search Engine Optimization tools and maybe their website software. Many of them have "website management consoles" that help you upload your page very easily without worrying about all the geek talk I bored you with earlier. All of this together can be your ticket to getting a site up quickly that has the possibility to be seen by the world.
I recommend GoDaddy.com because the technical people are knowledgeable and helpful. I hope that this information keeps you from making the mistake I just cleaned up for a customer that got taken big time.
Thanks for reading my blog. I am honored to have an audience for my ramblings. Best Regards,
Renee :-)
PS...Does anyone really believe that emails can be lost?
So I talked about SEO and went into a lot of crazy detail about directories and social media and lots of other things a few posts ago. All that was very helpful, I hope. I am still working on getting my site to show up on a natural search ahead of two businesses that are no longer around. I have been learning more and more about how smart Google's algorithms are in searching the internet. Also, found out that if you don't have your page up for a year, Google quits looking for it and so does every other search engine and directory.
Now, I am looking at how to get the page found again without spending any money because the client has NO BUDGET. That makes it tough. Go to Google Webmaster Tools and they will give you a bit of help and cross your fingers. My customer was on the internet for many years before this one year lapse (because he could not get into the Yahoo Business technical web hosting customer service line. I DO NOT recommend Yahoo Business because of their terrible wait times for technical service. Their techs are GREAT but if you have a life, you will not want to wait the hours it takes to get through.
Some advice follows:
There are 2 things you need to know before you get your own www.coolname.com
1. Purchase a domain name with a reputable web hosting service. I recommend GoDaddy.com You are renting that name for a specified period of time and it is registered to you so that all the servers in the world of the internet know how to find your site and match it up with the proper address when the name is typed into the browser.
2. Make sure that you also buy 'hosting' for that same period of time that you are renting your domain name. Hosting is important because that is where the server that "hosts" your specific site (written in HTML code) on their server in a specific public folder for the world to see. You then upload your website which consists of an index and index files to the space that they "rent" you on their server using an FTP (file transfer protocol) program like CuteFTP. The browser translates the code and puts everything together so that the code turns into a page with writing and pictures. Yipee...Magic.
Why do you need to know this? Well, if you decide to move your page and go to someone else to host it, make sure you have both the domain name and the hosting part covered. You have to transfer your domain name and it's a bit of a hassle depending upon who you work with. If you go and buy new hosting space with another company and forget to follow through with the transfer of your domain name, you could very easily have two hosting arrangements. This is a very expensive mistake to make. There are hosting companies out there that will let you do just that...pay them for hosting without having a domain name attached (another big hosting service) and they will tell you it is not their fault because you were supposed to follow through with them or the previous company (I have heard both) to get it transferred to the hosting server company.
It is very confusing to talk to some of the tech people out there because they assume you understand the basic workings of a website. If you can get this down, you will just have to figure out a few things like how long you want to "rent" the domain name and how long you want to"rent" the space on their server for you to upload your code to. Easy Peasy. Be aware that you can purchase "privacy" that keeps your personal address from showing up when someone searches "whois.com" More fun.
Also, I recommend that you look into their Search Engine Optimization tools and maybe their website software. Many of them have "website management consoles" that help you upload your page very easily without worrying about all the geek talk I bored you with earlier. All of this together can be your ticket to getting a site up quickly that has the possibility to be seen by the world.
I recommend GoDaddy.com because the technical people are knowledgeable and helpful. I hope that this information keeps you from making the mistake I just cleaned up for a customer that got taken big time.
Thanks for reading my blog. I am honored to have an audience for my ramblings. Best Regards,
Renee :-)
PS...Does anyone really believe that emails can be lost?
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Riverside The City of Arts and Innovation
Riverside The City of Arts and Innovation
I just added a page to my website for some of my favorite people, places and events in Riverside.
Check it out. You will see a great place to have your hair done, have a cup of coffee, have gorgeous
pictures of your children made, see a live show...and the list goes on.
Thank you for reading my blog today and enjoy my page full of great links for my home town.
Best Wishes,
Renee
I just added a page to my website for some of my favorite people, places and events in Riverside.
Check it out. You will see a great place to have your hair done, have a cup of coffee, have gorgeous
pictures of your children made, see a live show...and the list goes on.
Thank you for reading my blog today and enjoy my page full of great links for my home town.
Best Wishes,
Renee
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Let's Go!
Let's Go!
Here's my new page to help you get your picture to me. Naturally, the easiest way is if you have a picture on your computer already. You can just make it an email attachment to your email to me at renee@rltphotoartist.com.
If you have a neighbor that could scan it for you or a techie friend, that can work well too. They can email the picture to me as an attachment as well.
If you want to take it to Kinko's or Staples, they can scan it for you at 300 or 600 dpi (dots per inch) so I will have enough information to do a really good job for you.
If you want me to meet you at Kinko's or Staples and help you get it scanned and pick up the digital file (cd) from you right there, that is cool too. I can start as soon as I get home to my studio.
If you just want to mail it in the good old US mail, you can do that. Send it to P.O. Box 21119, Riverside CA 92516.
It's not hard...call me if you need me to pick it up from you in person or if you need to discuss any other ideas or needs.
Thanks for reading my blog and for visiting my page at www.photorestoration4u.com or rltphotoartist.com.
Have a wonderful internet day!
Here's my new page to help you get your picture to me. Naturally, the easiest way is if you have a picture on your computer already. You can just make it an email attachment to your email to me at renee@rltphotoartist.com.
If you have a neighbor that could scan it for you or a techie friend, that can work well too. They can email the picture to me as an attachment as well.
If you want to take it to Kinko's or Staples, they can scan it for you at 300 or 600 dpi (dots per inch) so I will have enough information to do a really good job for you.
If you want me to meet you at Kinko's or Staples and help you get it scanned and pick up the digital file (cd) from you right there, that is cool too. I can start as soon as I get home to my studio.
If you just want to mail it in the good old US mail, you can do that. Send it to P.O. Box 21119, Riverside CA 92516.
It's not hard...call me if you need me to pick it up from you in person or if you need to discuss any other ideas or needs.
Thanks for reading my blog and for visiting my page at www.photorestoration4u.com or rltphotoartist.com.
Have a wonderful internet day!
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