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Transfer curves

2002-03-01 by bmyst2

Just finished a several day foray into applying A. Adam's and 
Picker methods to digital printing. Using the MIS VM ink set 
requires you use a set of RGB curves. The output varies a little 
by paper and can be "corrected" by using "transfer" function 
under PS printing. I now have corrected and matched my output 
so that a line representing the slope of change of BW density on 
screen now matches the print within about a 1% (can fine tune 
later) with same slope and from paper white to about zone 0-1.5 
where the blacks basically meld. As a comparison I scanned a 
21 step wedge from Darkroom Innovations and confirmed the 
same zone coverage by scan and print along with a line of 
exactly the same slope. The test prints of real photos are 
outstanding in their differences from the uncorrected prints. The 
correction transfers were initially for Somerset PE but have been 
great on EAM, so much I've not confirmed the last changes on 
SPE.
Mark

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