Digital BW, The Print

Hi Herb,

> Austin's statement that he does no manipulation
> in Photoshop sounds bizarre to me.

In PS, I simply crop the image, then images/size/export to Piezo.  I do some
dust spotting if there is a need to...but that's it.  Technically, I could
do the crop/image/size etc. in the scanner application, and merely use PS to
export to the Piezo plug-in...

> I realize he does some amount of
> digital manipulation in his wonderful scanner in capturing the scan,
> but this is nowhere near what seems necessary to come up with the
> best image possible.

In the scanner application, I only do setpoints and adjust the tonal curve
(typically via brightness and contrast, and if necessary with the tonal
curve tool, which is similar to the one in PS), which is part and parcel of
any film scanning process.

> Sorry, but I just can't believe that you can get the control over the
> image you need to produce the best photos (in a digital workflow)
> unless you're doing some work in Photoshop.

Was there something "wrong" with my images?

Regards,

Austin