Digital BW, The Print

Jim, I assume the conversion is done in the color settings or is 
there somewhere else I can convert without changing the color 
settings? Sorry if I sound uninformed about all the intricacysof PS

Vinny
http://wulfsdden.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jim hayes 
<jimhayes@f...>" <jimhayes@f...> wrote:
> Take a file in greyscale with gamma 2.2 space, preferably one with 
a 
> lot of dark to it. Convert it to sRGB in both PS6 and PS7 Each time 
> write down the histogram statistics (mean, median, std deviation). 
See 
> how they differ in PS7 but not in PS6? That's the bug. Try 
converting 
> to Adobe RGB 98 space. See how they now will differ very little, if 
at 
> all in either version? So if using Paul's curves and PS7, avoid 
> converting to sRGB space- use Adobe RGB 98.
> Jim H. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Vincent 
Orlando 
> <orlandovl@h...>" <orlandovl@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > What bug are you talking about? I have been using PS7 and 
converting 
> > both ways nd using Paul's curves with no problem
> > 
> > Vinny
> > http://www.wulfsden.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor 
P.O.V. 
> > Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> > > I use both on the same machine in WinXP Pro// Just make sure 
you 
> > don't 
> > > install them to the same directory.  Oh, and you can't open one 
if 
> > the 
> > > other is already running.. It just never opens the second app.
> > > 
> > > ... BUT with the KNOWN Greyscale to RGB conversion bug, I use 6 
> for 
> > all 
> > > my B&W to RGB conversions, as well as most of my Greyscale 
work... 
> > I 
> > > have this silly thing against unintended posterization or muddy 
> > prints.  
> > > 
> > > If you look back through the archives here you will find the 
> > conversion 
> > > bug is documented AND a problem if you are using the Roark 
> > workflow. 
> > >  Adobe has said they will NOT fix the bug in 7.x..
> > > 
> > > Keith
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > "Just some guy," and caretaker of the Multiverse's largest 
EPSON 
> > printer 
> > > User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
> > > Publications), at:
> > > 
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers/
> > >  
> > > "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks 
> > together 
> > > guys"
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > { The P.O.V. Image Service Website is still at http://www.p-o-v-
> > image.com/ }
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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