Know photoshop? Planet Catfish needs help.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 13 Nov 2004, 11:53

All~

I have a number of scanned page images that I need to split into three images and format for the cat-elog. They are from the original descriptions of rarely (or never) seen Synodontis species.

I need a volunteer who can...

a) Receive these large files by email
b) turn them to grayscale
c) colour out the background and clean up the images
d) flip them to swim right
e) return 3 images in the format synodontis_speciesx.jpg

One I have already done is .

It would help me a lot becuase this would take a few hours and I could be doing more techie things with the site during that time, so I thought I would ask.

Any volunteers?

Jools

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 13 Nov 2004, 20:58

Jools, let me see what I can do....I'm no PhotoShop whiz, but my best friend is, and she owes me a favor or two.

I'll know for sure tonight!

WhitePine · Post by **WhitePine** » 13 Nov 2004, 21:44

Jools,

If you send me the file I will get them back in a few days... include the one you have done also. I will pm my email address.

-Justin

Jorge · Post by **Jorge** » 14 Nov 2004, 03:05

If you still need help I can receive the pictures in the e-mail that is in my profile.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 14 Nov 2004, 09:19

Hi,

Well, thanks all!

I have had several offers of help both here and via PM and quite a few images to process, so I thought I would put them all online and you can all work on them and send them to me as time permits. This isn't a race, it just needs done in the next week or so (and only so I don't forget about it and move onto something else

).

Anyway, all the pictures are posted at http://www.planetcatfish.com/synos , I would suggest you post here to "stake" which one(s) you are working on and email the resulting images back to me ( webmaster at planetcatfish.com ) .

To clarify one point, the background of the images (you'll probably need to airbrush out bits) doesn't need to be white, but does need to be consistent with whatever shade of light grey is the background colour.

Thanks all, much impressed, this is a useful experiment as well and I look forward to the results.

Cheers,

Jools

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 14 Nov 2004, 14:33

I have S. fulleborni from Ian.

Jools

Jorge · Post by **Jorge** » 14 Nov 2004, 17:49

I have sent to you S. albolineatus, S. courteti, S. centralis and S. depauwi

need some more?

Salu2

mummymonkey · Post by **mummymonkey** » 14 Nov 2004, 22:20

Have sent S. bastiani

Jorge · Post by **Jorge** » 15 Nov 2004, 02:12

Have sent Synodontis cuangoanus too.

Houndog · Post by **Houndog** » 15 Nov 2004, 14:16

Finished Synodontis gambiensis, where can I send it?

Synodontis budgeti , finished also...

worton[pl] · Post by **worton[pl]** » 15 Nov 2004, 23:55

finished s. annectens I will send it in the morning :)

Post by **Rusty** » 16 Nov 2004, 00:49

Houndog wrote:Finished gambiensis, where can I send it?

Budgeti finished also...

webmaster [at] planetcatfish.com . What a turnout!

Rusty

Houndog · Post by **Houndog** » 16 Nov 2004, 01:38

Sent Synodontis caudalis

Sent Synodontis geledensis

Sent Synodontis caudovittatus

Sent Synodontis dorsomaculatus

That should be it ;)

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 16 Nov 2004, 23:14

Thanks to all who helped, this experiment really worked and saved me an hour or so that was used to input 38 l-numbers!

Thanks to all, if I ever meet any of you, remind me I owe you a beer.

Jools

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 27 Nov 2004, 18:51

Well, that worked so well, we've got some more! Same place, same plan. I didn't however seem to receive S. annectens, so I have left that in too.

Your handiwork on the previous species is being uploaded tonight.

Thanks all, this is working really well!

Jools

hojo654 · Post by **hojo654** » 28 Nov 2004, 12:11

have done the following;
maculipinna
matthesi
gobroni
guttatus

will email them across later today.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 28 Nov 2004, 14:00

I've got the Synodontis annectens now too - missed it in my inbox earlier.

Cheers,

Jools

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 06 Mar 2005, 10:40

All~

There's another 5 online at http://www.planetcatfish.com/synos . I think this will be the last for a while, any chance one or some of you pick these up and do the same with them and email to me?

Cheers,

Jools

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 06 Mar 2005, 15:19

Let me give this a try, Jools. I have Photoshop Lite, but I think it does a lot of the same stuff. I design buildings for a living on the computer. Let me see what I can get done today!

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 06 Mar 2005, 15:28

Bronzefry wrote:Let me give this a try, Jools. I have Photoshop Lite, but I think it does a lot of the same stuff. I design buildings for a living on the computer. Let me see what I can get done today!

OK, thanks.

Jools

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 06 Mar 2005, 20:18

Jools,
I e-mailed you S.Iturii. Please let me know if I'm on the right track.
Thanks.

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 07 Mar 2005, 22:27

I've finished S.Iturii. I'll be e-mailing S.Lufirae and S.Macropthalmus shortly.

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 08 Mar 2005, 23:08

I sent you S.Macrops. I think this one's a bit better than the others....

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 13 Mar 2005, 14:14

All set, Jools. Thanks for the opportunity. I learned a lot.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 13 Mar 2005, 15:20

Thanks all, job done!

Jools