dougekewl 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2007 sorry for the delay, reveiw is finished! let me know if i should fix/change anything (i can't upload it too big, should i e-mail it to you bruce? ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 How big is it? Can you zip it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 right now it's 1.6Mb i'll try and compress it when i get home this afternoon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 Did you get any response from contacting CM about this? I would definately contact them before we consider publishing this. It would only be fair to them to have the chance for some sort of remedy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 no i haven't. do you have a contact e-mail addy for the rep that sent this out? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 [email protected] be as detailed as possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 k i just feel the need for an update here... I've written several e-mails to yolanda and after my 3rd try i got a message back that she had left... i got some new contact info and e-mailed the new person. (lucy) she's acknowledged my e-mail and will be getting back to me shortly oh and while I've been waiting I've done a little work to the review, but can't figure out a few things. how can i reduce the size of each image? (by compression not cropping) and how did you get rid of the background as cleanly as you have Bruce? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 photoshop.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 photoshop.... didya maybe think about being a little specific Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 I don't really know what I do... to be honest with you. Sometimes I adjust the hue and saturation. Sometimes the balance, contrast, brightness. Sometimes I use the lasso tool and select the image. Then inverse the selection and delete the background. It really depends on the image to begin with. Typically, it would be nice to see the background obliterated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 It does work best if you do all this at the images native resolution. I then typically crop the image to the desired image area. Rezise to get near the dimenstions of 300Wx250H then resize the canvas to meet those dimensions. It really is your own flavor though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 How much experience do you have with photoshop? I am a noob, but I can create web graphics and do some basic image manipulation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2007 i'm new with photoshop too... so far i've only used to to crop. i'll play around with some of the images tonight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsgolfman 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2007 Go here, it's where I get my tutorials: http://www.pslover.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsgolfman 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2007 btw, which version do you have? I have CS3, CS2 and CS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2007 cs2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2007 CS2 thanks for the site js Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2007 ok i think CM is giving me the shaft, I've sent them several e-mails since they last responded and no one is saying (the S-word) to me. in my opinion cooler master crapped the bed on this one. if i can manage to find time this weekend (new job has been running my ass into the ground) I'll shrink the photos and add a section about their crap-tastic service and we can post the review Monday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted May 15, 2007 Joe, i just forwarded an e-mail to you. cooler maser is sending me a changed product based on the suggestions i made! I'll let you know when it gets here and i'll get the review done asap Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruceleeon 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2007 Nice..I am also getting a terabyte drive from hitachi for review. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dougekewl 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2007 *jaw drops* TB drive!! nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
