To be honest, choosing a photo for your Light Affection light is probably the hardest part of the whole process and, I am afraid, we can't do it for you.
I know it first hand (yes, even I never submit the picture way ahead of time, as I could / should). If I need to ask for the photo then how do I keep it a secret? If I need to find a photo in a stack how do I pick the best one? The only way I found is to add it to my Long TO-DO list and give it a date where I need to do it (maybe a date for finding the picture and a following date for placing the order).
If it is for someone I don't know well enough or can't find a picture I know they would cherish, I give a gift certificate kits. Yes, I agree, gift certificates aren't the same but you would be surprised how many of the gift certificates are actually redeemed and get great reviews.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Ordering for Mother's day
During busy times we extend our hours of operations to be able to accommodate the additional orders and to make sure those are delivered on time.
Make sure to check our Mother's day gift delivery schedule. Also, you might want to take advantage of our current special for ordering 2 identical gifts with the 2nd one half price. To take advantage of the special click here. Please not that when you add these items you your cart you are actually ordering 2 identical pieces (same size and same photo).
Make sure to check our Mother's day gift delivery schedule. Also, you might want to take advantage of our current special for ordering 2 identical gifts with the 2nd one half price. To take advantage of the special click here. Please not that when you add these items you your cart you are actually ordering 2 identical pieces (same size and same photo).
Monday, April 21, 2008
Scanning photos for best result
The result of the Light Affection piece is directly related to the quality of the image you submit, so setting the scanning parameters correctly is extreamely important.
Different scanners come with different scanning software so it is hard to tell you exactly what to choose but, as an example, here are the parameters used for an hp scanner.
In this case we used the default settings except for:
1. Changing the Light tones to 0,0,0 so that the scanning software doesn't change the original one.
2. Change the sharpen to NONE
3. Change the resolution to 300dpi (that is the minimum.400dpi or even 600dpi will be better although it will create big files).
In general, try not to let the software change or optimize the image you are scanning.
To keep the file size down, make sure you scan only the area of the photo and not to full page. If you do scan the full page there is no harm done, but the file size will be much bigger.
Last, but not least. If you are saving the file as a jpg, save it at the highest quality (usually 12). Do NOT compress the file!
To learn more of how to improove image quality you can go to:
http://www.lightaffection.com/PictureQuality.htm
Different scanners come with different scanning software so it is hard to tell you exactly what to choose but, as an example, here are the parameters used for an hp scanner.
In this case we used the default settings except for:
1. Changing the Light tones to 0,0,0 so that the scanning software doesn't change the original one.
2. Change the sharpen to NONE
3. Change the resolution to 300dpi (that is the minimum.400dpi or even 600dpi will be better although it will create big files).
In general, try not to let the software change or optimize the image you are scanning.
To keep the file size down, make sure you scan only the area of the photo and not to full page. If you do scan the full page there is no harm done, but the file size will be much bigger.
Last, but not least. If you are saving the file as a jpg, save it at the highest quality (usually 12). Do NOT compress the file!
To learn more of how to improove image quality you can go to:
http://www.lightaffection.com/PictureQuality.htm
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