Digital BW, The Print

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 06:09  PM, Jim Panzer wrote:

> I am a little confused about the proper Photoshop color settings.  In
> particular, what should the setting be for the "Gray" working space?  
> Any
> other tips about duotones and Photoshop settings would also be 
> appreciated.

A long time ago a very wise fellow told me to use Gamma 2.2, something 
about it matching the gamma of Adobe (1998) RGB, the color space I 
prefer to use... I might have screwed that up, so he can correct me if 
my reasoning is wrong, but the space isn't...  ;)

I prefer the tri or quad's over the duo's for inkjet output. As has 
been pointed out, Michael Reichmann has a good tutorial. You can also 
achieve a nice amount of toning using levels, and sometimes the 
colorize feature in "hue/saturation" while in RGB. I find it depends on 
the image, as sometimes the hue/sat method can lend a cast, rather than 
map the tones with great depth as the Duotone method does. And 
sometimes the mid slider approach in levels can alter the compression 
and expansion in a displeasing manner.
Carolyn