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Old 09-07-2004, 12:03 AM   #9
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Hello Beth:

Thus far, no problems. The monitor measures 10.75 on the vertical. You might have to scroll a bit, but the benefits far outweigh the slight inconvenience of having to scroll around the image, IMO.

Allan: I too have a grayscale that I use to try to judge what I am getting out of my reference. The nice thing that I will be doing in the future is setting the model up, taking my shots, selecting the best one, and then pulling that shot into PS and color correcting it while comparing it to the model - to get it as close to life as I can.

Garth: Glad this is working so well for you! It is nice to hear that others have had success with it. In our business, we cannot always get the person to pose for the whole portrait from life. Thus it becomes imperative that we use the very best reference we can get outside of the live person. I think this is a major step up from using printed reference.
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