Digital BW, The Print

The Russell Brown tutorial is a good one. There is another method which  
is described here:
http://www.computer-darkroom.co.uk/
Look at the tutorial entitled "Monochrome from Color". I've had fun  
with both of these methods -- they seem conceptually similar, but  
differ in the detailed methodology.
Also, have you profiled your monitor, printer, etc.?


enjoy,
Bob.

On Sunday, September 1, 2002, at 09:54  AM, treadwinkle wrote:

> I really appreciate that link AND let me do some research on my
> histograms, you may be pointing me in the right direction.  Many
> many thanks, Richard!
>
> Treadwinkle
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Richard Sintchak
> <richard@c...> wrote:
>> Saturday, August 31, 2002, 10:56:38 PM, treadwinkle wrote:
>>
>> t> As far as my workflow, well... thusfar all I do is convert to
>> t> greyscale and export to Piezo where I select the paper and
> dpi.  I'm
>> t> already feeling stupid because I'm guessing that is the most
>> t> elementary way of doing this and there are a ton of other
> options...
>> t> I suppose.  I just did what Piezo sofware suggested I do with
> some
>> t> really excellent color files.  In fact, they are extremely well
> lit
>> t> and frankly, really excellent files.
>>
>> t> But to give you an example, one shot literally looks like a guy
> has
>> t> stubble on his face because of the soft shadow on the actor's
> jaw
>> t> line.  There is little to no skin tones.  In fact, where in the
>> t> color file you see pores, in piezo print, it's just "white".
>>
>> t> I'm very green at this, I admit.  And maybe my biggest problem
> is, I
>> t> underestimate how much work this is going to take.  Where do I
> go
>> t> from here?
>>
>> t> Treadwinkle
>>
>>
>> Like I said, I've only just got started in this myself (digital B&W
>> printing), though I am fairly proficient in PS. Others may have
> more
>> experienced and direct suggestions but here's a few of mine. Are
> you
>> satisfied with the transition to greyscale and the look you're
>> achieving? If you're starting with color RGB files I recommend
> taking
>> a look at this little tutorial in converting to greyscale and being
>> able to tweak the settings in such a way as to vary the tonal
> range in
>> a variety of areas in the image:
>>
>> <http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html>
>>
>> Click on the tutorial PDF called "Seeing in Black & White"
>>
>> Next, how does your Levels histogram look? Is it smooth or is it
>> jagged with a "combing" look? I find that even files that might
> look
>> fairly nice on screen can have very poor histograms with "jaggies"
> or
>> "comb lines" which will cause poor tonal transitions and
> posterization
>> in areas.
>>
>> Are your original files 16-bit? I scan all my files in 16-bit, do
>> general Levels adjustment, then convert to 8-bit. This preserves a
>> smooth histogram and keeps tonal ranges steady and smooth.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>  Richard
>>
>> mailto:richard@c...
>
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