Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

That would give the same kind of control over the final tone. I tried it
both ways and the eye dropper gives very similar readings on the same pixel
but not identical, must be a difference in the internal calculations. It
would be interesting to carry the two all the way through to a print.

I do like your approach better though, since it is easier to save what you
have done as layers in the unflattened file. It seems there are always a
dozen different ways to do something in Photoshop!

Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Lindman" <plindman@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Using Variable Mix Curves


> Martin
>
> What if you used two adjustment layers (one nc and one mw) at the top of
> a layer stack, with both set to 50% opacity?
>
> Peter
>
> Martin Wesley wrote:
> >
> > Here is a tip I got from Paul Roark when he spoke to the SF Bay Area
> > meeting.
> >
> > Someone asked if there was a curve between the "nc" or neutral cool
> > and the "mw", medium warm. Paul suggested that before printing you
> > flatten your image and then make a duplicate layer. Apply one curve to
> > the background layer and the other to the duplicate. Use the opacity
> > of the duplicate layer to fine tune the print tone.
> >
> > I imagine this would also be useful where one curve gives you a not
> > quite linear response in an image. Blending two layers might be away
> > out of flat spots in difficult images.
> >
> > Paul, please jump in here if I heard you wrong.
> >
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