Digital BW, The Print

I'm using Paul Roark's curves and no, it's not methodical.  Trial 
and error.  I've examined his curves closely and think that I've 
begun to develop just a little  intuition, but it's mostly trial and 
error.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner 
<tflash@e...> wrote:
> > After having worked on the curves for much of
> > yesterday, I have now locked down a final, "nc" curve and am 
close to
> > the same for the "mw" curve.
> 
> Sorry, I don't as yet have an opinion to offer on your main point 
regarding
> perception, but I would like to hear your process for tweaking 
and "locking
> down" your curves. If I were to do it it would be by eye, and trial 
and
> error, (or using Dan Culbertson's RGB softproof method if I 
were starting
> from scratch), but I'd love to hear if you have a more methodical 
approach.
> 
> Todd