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Re: Toning Methods?

2001-08-26 by jvlist@home.com

> <antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> > Mark,
> > 
> > regarding monitor preview: this is unrelated to whether you 
> >tone or not. An 
> > RGB file should preview correctly if you follow good color 
> >management 
> > regardless of contents. 
> 
> 
> I thought the same thing. It *always* looks "close", and "close" 
is 
> a very vague and subjective word here. But I was surprised to 
> actually print out the same file, having toned it in different ways, 
> and see how different toning methods didn't match the monitor 
> exactly. I can only guess we're getting into gamut limitations 
> here.

Mark,

Have you used the soft-preview feature - command-Y -in 
Photoshop 6 for better accuracy in proofing? I t works pretty well 
for me.

Also thanks for sharing your techniques and not keeping it a 
mystery.

Your images are awesome!

Best, John V.

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