Dear Debbie. . .

The Trouble With Upsampling

Dear Debbie:

I submitted some photographs for possible use at a web stock agency and they sent me an email saying, "Please don't upsample your images.  This severely degrades the quality. This image contains undue artifacts when viewed at full size."

I shoot digitally and use Photoshop to resize my photographs. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong! 

Can you help?

Thanks,
A Sizable Problem

Disorderly Conduct

Dear Debbie,

I'm scanning slides. Can you please explain why, when I view them in the Adobe Bridge, they do not stay in the order that I scanned them? Likewise, when I go to make contact sheets, it does the same thing. I want the contact sheets to match up with the slide pages without having to rearrange the slides. Can you help?

Signed,
Out of Order

How To Repeat One Process a Bunch of Times, Fast

Dear Debbie,

I use Photoshop CS2. I have to correct contrast, brightness, and color on about twenty photographs that have similar problems. To fix them one after another is a slow process. Can this be done in some fast process that might correct all the photos simultaneously? Please advise.

Sincerely,
In the Slow Lane

Lunatic Fringe

Dear Debbie,

I read somewhere that removing or repairing fringing on high-contrast photos is a snap in Photoshop, but I don't remember if I ever saw the solution spelled out.  Any suggestions?  I use Photoshop CS (8.0).

Sincerely,
A Fringe Element

A Transparent Solution

Dear Debbie,

When I scan clipart, say black line art as a TIFF or even a JPEG, how can I get it to place on top of a photo without a background? All my cliparts have a white background that covers up the photo!

Thanks in advance,
Whited Out in Iowa