Digital BW, The Print

>> Hey Tyler,  just how many times can one say "in my mind" in one post and
>> still be taken seriously?  Have to quit writing so late...
> Well, until we all stop screwing around and start putting something worth
> looking at on paper, it's all in our minds anyway.

do you have a pill for that?

> Let me further confuse the collective mind here. I have a file I use
> frequently that is a grid of solid patches, 1 to 100% gray
> scale, each patch a solid tone. 2.2 gamma grayscale.
> When I convert that to sRGB with dither checked, uh, why are some of the
> patches no longer solid tone? One of the worst
> here is 39%. Made a new file and filled it with solid 39% gray, check histo to
> make sure that's correct, converted as above,
> histo shows some slight variation now, clustered around that tone, and I can
> see the bumpiness on my monitor.

never thought of unchecking dither... I rely on it for my color stuff, so
just left it be for gray conversions. thank you. makes a lot of sense.

> However since gray 2.2 does not map precisely to it without moving some tones,
> I would use Adobe instead if it doesn't
> screw up your current results,
yup

>and I'd certainly turn that stinkin dither off.
... good point.


> assuming it was advised.
> Tyler, stuck in his mind
not a bad place to be stuck in..

> or as some would say, stuck with my head up my...
hard drive?

Carolyn