Britt: Thanks for the help, I will check out the science-art page too! Sincerely Carolyn Withrow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Britt Griswold" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:59 AM Subject: Re: Unsharp Mask > >Hello: > > > >I am a little confused on how to use the eyedropper tool in the > >levels box to help in tonal adjustments in a black and white line > >drawing. I had read a suggestion in an earlier list message to use > >the white dropper to selct white areas. I am practicing with a > >black and white line drawing. Also can you run an unsharp mask > >filter twice, is it ever useful and how do you do it? > > > >Sincerely, Carolyn Withrow > > > > Select the white eye dropper icon in the dialog, then click on the > darkest part of the image that you want to be white. You can do the > same adjustments in the Curves dialog (and more). > > Sometimes running the un-sharp filter twice with different settings > can be useful. I am not sure how useful on a B&W drawing. You can see > a quick view of the idea on this page: > > http://www.science-art.com/support/UnsharpMaskB.jpg > > -- > _______________________________________ > Britt Griswold/WMAP Project > Infonetic/Maslow Media Group > NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center > Code 685 Bldg. 21 Rm 063 > Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001 > (301) 286-3381 > (301) 286-1617 FAX > (301) 286-7230 FAX > [log in to unmask] > http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov > >