Drew Smith
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haha! exactly what I was looking for. Thanks guys!
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What technique did you use to fix the imperfections? from the screen shot it looks like you maybe sampled black or picked a black from the color menu and painted in over imperfections, but the scan or whatever you’re using has more information in the dark ranges than just black.
I’d say you need to address the PC monitor as the primary problem- it’s not showing you everything there is to see and giving you an inaccurate picture of what you’re doing. Most likely, the contrast is too high on the PC screen and making it look like you’re filling in blacks when in reality you’re painting black in an area full of dark grays and purples.
I’d suggest using a Spyder calibration tool on it.
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Photoshop CAN do just about everything, it just doesn’t do everything as well as others. From your sample there it looks like you’re doing a layout and want something that will let you make multiple different versions of the same layout with different content. That’s absolutely an InDesign strength. So, prep the photos in photoshop, then open them in InDesign. for layout. You can always go back and launch them in photoshop for additional edits directly from inDesign.
Just remember, InDesign links to files rather than incorporating them within a larger file like photoshop- you’ll want to make sure you keep it in the same place relative to the photos or you’ll have to re-link them later. Also, if stuff looks pixelated in InDesign it’s because it defaults to a lower sample resolution for working. the actual file should be higher res than that. You can check the full res photos from the view menu and selecting the higher quality view instead of fastest.
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Are you on Windows or a Mac? On my mac F1 is available but on my Windows machine F1 is system reserved for help and support. You can disable that in the BIOS but you’ll need to lookup instructions on doing so for your specific BIOS.
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This looks like it’s best handled in InDesign. There you can layout your frames (Frame tool, or F on the keyboard) and replace the contents of the images within them , Select frame, Cmd(ctrl)+D on the keyboard (or file>place) and select your content. you may have to reposition the image within the frame depending on its size and orientation, but the frame will automatically size it as best it can and crop off any extra. You can move the image around within the frame and resize it within the frame if need be by draging the of circle shaped tool that appears over the image when it appears in the frame.
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Encoding is always a pain. MPEG 4 is generally the most universal- it gets you some better uploading and features on Youtube, but MOV should work fine. My preference is MOV with h.264 codec. but if you chose MP4 just make sure that you either set the size under the video tab on the render settings and change it back to 1280 or whatever you’re using OR, a quick way is to check the box for “match sequence settings” otherwise MP4 will render with the default 3GP presets at a tiny tiny size.