フォトレタッチ

2013 年 2 月 9 日

ニューヨークの出版社、ダシュウッド・ブックスからの依頼で進行しておりました

尾仲浩二さんの写真集の色校の打ち合わせ。OKを頂きましていよいよ

スキャニング、レタッチ進行です。尾仲さんの紙焼きは暗くわざとあまく仕上げて

あるので製版は、とても難しいです。最高レベルの難易度かもしれません。

でも、これをちゃんと仕上げることが出来れば、もう後はどんな仕事でも

自信を持って受けることが出来ると思います。イニュニックの製版職人、

小泉氏は凸版さんの特別チームに負けていないのではないかと考えたり

しますが、まあ、前回の「SLOW BOAT」のお手本があったから出来たことで

あんまり自慢にはならないかもしれません。それでもたくさんの試験印刷の過程を

見てきて、指示通りに仕上げてくる腕は大したものだと社員ながら頼もしく思いました。

フォトショップで写真を自在に修正できるようになりましたが、印刷の仕上がりに

満足される写真家の方はそれほど多くないと思います。

写真の仕上がりは、ほとんどフォトレタッチで決まりますが、すべての環境、

モニター、プリンター、色校正、最終印刷、このすべての違う色がら、グレー

スケールを統一して色、濃度管理を行えているのは、印刷屋の製版部のみです。

レタッチ職人は、膨大な数の経験でほとんどご希望通りの写真に仕上げる技術を

持っています。カラーはある程度こなせたとしても、モノクロまたはダブルトーン

などは、経験がないととても難しい作業になります。

Markup: Image Alignment

2013 年 1 月 11 日

Welcome to image alignment! The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and let's get started.

On the topic of alignment, it should be noted that users can choose from the options of NoneLeftRight, and Center. In addition, they also get the options of ThumbnailMediumLarge & Fullsize.


The image above happens to be centered.

The rest of this paragraph is filler for the sake of seeing the text wrap around the 150x150 image, which is left aligned.

As you can see the should be some space above, below, and to the right of the image. The text should not be creeping on the image. Creeping is just not right. Images need breathing room too. Let them speak like you words. Let them do their jobs without any hassle from the text. In about one more sentence here, we'll see that the text moves from the right of the image down below the image in seamless transition. Again, letting the do it's thang. Mission accomplished!

And now for a massively large image. It also has no alignment.

The image above, though 1200px wide, should not overflow the content area. It should remain contained with no visible disruption to the flow of content.

And now we're going to shift things to the right align. Again, there should be plenty of room above, below, and to the left of the image. Just look at him there... Hey guy! Way to rock that right side. I don't care what the left aligned image says, you look great. Don't let anyone else tell you differently.

In just a bit here, you should see the text start to wrap below the right aligned image and settle in nicely. There should still be plenty of room and everything should be sitting pretty. Yeah... Just like that. It never felt so good to be right.

And just when you thought we were done, we're going to do them all over again with captions!

[caption id="attachment_906" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Look at 580x300 getting some caption love.[/caption]

The image above happens to be centered. The caption also has a link in it, just to see if it does anything funky.

[caption id="attachment_904" align="alignleft" width="150"] Itty-bitty caption.[/caption]

The rest of this paragraph is filler for the sake of seeing the text wrap around the 150x150 image, which is left aligned.

As you can see the should be some space above, below, and to the right of the image. The text should not be creeping on the image. Creeping is just not right. Images need breathing room too. Let them speak like you words. Let them do their jobs without any hassle from the text. In about one more sentence here, we'll see that the text moves from the right of the image down below the image in seamless transition. Again, letting the do it's thang. Mission accomplished!

And now for a massively large image. It also has no alignment.

[caption id="attachment_907" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Massive image comment for your eyeballs.[/caption]

The image above, though 1200px wide, should not overflow the content area. It should remain contained with no visible disruption to the flow of content.

[caption id="attachment_905" align="alignright" width="300"] Feels good to be right all the time.[/caption]

And now we're going to shift things to the right align. Again, there should be plenty of room above, below, and to the left of the image. Just look at him there... Hey guy! Way to rock that right side. I don't care what the left aligned image says, you look great. Don't let anyone else tell you differently.

In just a bit here, you should see the text start to wrap below the right aligned image and settle in nicely. There should still be plenty of room and everything should be sitting pretty. Yeah... Just like that. It never felt so good to be right.

And that's a wrap, yo! You survived the tumultuous waters of alignment. Image alignment achievement unlocked!

年越し

2012 年 12 月 31 日

去年に引き続き今年も東京の年越し。

今日は、吉田ルイさんと年越し。家を片付けながらテレビの

吉田さんに舌づつみを打ちながら、少しづつ酩訂の年越しに

分け入ります。新年を迎えると鬼子母神に初もうで。

上へ