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Old 04-08-2003, 09:50 PM   #4
Leslie Ficcaglia Leslie Ficcaglia is offline
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I used MicroPix about seven years ago to make copies of my painting "Ladybug," of a little girl on a beach. The process wasn't very precise and I had to keep sending back the proofs because they kept making the image too pale, as though it were a watercolor instead of an oil. They blamed the 4x5 positive and said that it wasn't saturated enough (or something.) I finally got a result that I liked, but I think it would have been a great deal easier if I could have brought the painting there for them to scan and compare with their own version of it. The only way we ever approached the color of the original was through my sending them a decent photo of the picture. I don't know where they are now; maybe they don't have a web presence. I'll have to check to see whether they've changed their name but I thought I noticed them advertising fairly recently in the artist mags.

I also solicited information from ColorQ and their costs were higher and they required you to order more copies than I needed.

I suspect that finding a local source of giclees would be the answer. Someone just opened up that service in an adjacent small town and I've considered trying them out.
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