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   MojoMan | Dec 30, 2003 02:08am | #1

   Hey Mr. T,

   Do I see that the "designer' gets all the credit under the photo and the installer gets bupkis?

   Al Mollitor, Sharon MA

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   MisterT | Dec 30, 2003 04:36am | #2

   Well she did all the HARD work, after all.Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   xMikeSmith | Dec 30, 2003 07:30am | #3

   t.. one of the guys here showed me how to do this...here's your kitchen...i hope..

   View Image

   cool , huh?Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   CAGIV | Dec 30, 2003 07:43am | #4

   I like the cabinets and the design, not sure on the wall color though.

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   JeffBuck | Dec 30, 2003 09:40am | #5

   I know of one beautiful kitchen ....

   before paint ....

   that got the ugliest paint in the world ....

   even the painter had to close his eyes ....

   real shame.

   Great cab/trim install .... fantastic workmanship in the paint ....

   all shot to hell because the customer was some nasty form of colorblind!

   Funniest thing ... it was THE kitchen the designer had planned since conception as being THE kitchen in all the new company info ....

   He went back after paint ....

   threw his camera into the backseat of his car!

   Didn't even take off the lens cap ... let alone waste film.

   JeffBuck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

        Artistry in Carpentry                

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   xMikeSmith | Dec 30, 2003 02:54pm | #7

   damn, that would bite !Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Dec 30, 2003 06:42pm | #10

   There's no accounting for poor taste but there are ways to compensate for it. That is what Photoshop is for - any wall, any color, any time.

   I've had to digitally rework a paint scheme that was altered from my original design more than once for marketing purposes. There is also the advantage of fixing a clear screw up on my part with no one the wiser, but that hardly ever happens. :-)>

   Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   CAGIV | Jan 07, 2004 10:10pm | #14

   how easy it would be in photoshop to....scan a paint chip, to get the "right" color, and them apply that color to the walls in a digital picture you took?

   easy?  hard?  could you scan a paint chip and get an accurate color represenation?

   just curious?

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   john | Jan 07, 2004 10:15pm | #15

   Adding a solid colour to a photo is actually very difficult to make it look convincing. In photos (and real life) colours vary in shade.

   John

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Jan 08, 2004 03:36am | #16

   The problem with that idea is that the light and shadows in a room change the hue and saturation of a color at various places in the image. What I typically do is create a mask, find the predominate hue in the color I want to change and shift that hue toward the color range I'm looking for until it closely matches the paint chip I have taped to the side of my monitor. Here is the original image in the thread with plumb walls for example - about 10 minutes or so worth of tweaking.

   I use a combination of Photoshop's Hue/Saturation, Levels and Curves adjustments to get the end result I want. I've found that tweaking the individual colors in Hue/Saturation is usually the most effective way to dramatically shift a specific color in a photograph.

   The other big trick is calibrating the RGB monitor and the CMYK printer to "render" the same colors. Most digital artists get pretty psychotic if they catch you tweaking their monitor/printer calibrations. Once it's close you don't ever want to buy a new printer or monitor and you stick with the same brand replacement cartridges with determined resolve. It is a serious pain to re-calibrate!Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

   
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   john | Dec 30, 2003 02:31pm | #6

   What is the purpose of the top of the cabinet which houses the TV and the microwave. I see it goes all the way to the ceiling like a kind of chimney or ventilation shaft?

   John

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   MisterT | Dec 30, 2003 03:24pm | #8

   You would have to ask the "designer".

   It is just a cab that goes all the way to the ceiling.

   IMNSHO this whole project was one bad design on top of another, all will ugly paint!

   Between Bossman's terrible layout /wasted space and Kitchen design, these people spent 300K and didn't even get a Master bedroom suite they wanted.

   But I don't want to get started!!!Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   edwardh1 | Dec 30, 2003 03:56pm | #9

   that one at least shows some lighting.

   many you see do not seem to be well lit, cept for a hanging fixture with a bulb or two

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   andybuildz | Jan 04, 2004 05:58pm | #11

   I installed the cherry cabs like the pix on the left in the last house I did.They were gorgous....what kind of wood were the blotchy ones and was the blotchy look on purpose? Spose to look old?

   What is that ceiling?

   You did a real nice job.....hope you were paid well for it

   BE well

            andy

   My life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   MisterT | Jan 04, 2004 08:28pm | #12

   They were Maple cabinets the finish to me seemed like just stain and no Topcoat.

   Verrry Flat finish, which makes splotches look worse to me.

   Cieling is 2x2 tin panels.

   boss ordered unfinished to save $$ but Painter had to spray-prime them front and back and then spray to whole thing after it was up.

   Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   andybuildz | Jan 05, 2004 01:38am | #13

   kind of odd that they didn't put a conditioner on before the finish to keep it from blotching up.

         Oh well....can't see it from your house..lol

   BE well

            andyMy life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM