Digital BW, The Print

On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Lew Schwartz wrote:

> Is it gauche to ask questions about commercial products on this list?

They put up with a fair amount here, if it relates to the topic and  
informs list members...
>
> I shoot bw film & scan it into tiffs for processing in PS or LR, and  
> I'm
> looking for  tool sets that come closest to what I do in the  
> darkroom. So
> far, I like the offerings of Nik software best. Comments, suggestions?

Well, it reminds me of my daughter's move from elementary to middle  
school. That first few weeks it was critically important to her that  
students from her old school be in her home room and classes. By  
midyear, it no longer mattered at all.

I find that when photographers move from the darkroom to a digital  
workflow that, similarly, it matters a lot up front that the tools  
have terminology and process that they can relate to from the  
darkroom. But later on that is not much of a factor, they are more  
concerned about the actual quality of the results, and the power of  
the digital features. Photoshop doesn't define brightness tools in f  
stops, or color adjustments in ccs/magenta, but once you are familiar  
with the direct digital terms (thinking in the new language, so to  
speak) that won't matter.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...


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