Digital BW, The Print

The zone system is a tool.

The method is used to remap your highlights.
This is very simply done in either the curves or levels dialog boxes.

Click the black eyedropper on the blackest part of your photo to  
achieve zone 0 there.
Click the white eyedropper on the whitest part to achieve zone 10.

Use the sliders to get different zones (other than 0 or 10) in levels  
or remap the curves end points in curves.

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 09:45  AM, darrelleifert wrote:

> Hi Folks --
>
> Forgive me if this is a *very* basic question that has been answered
> before, but a web search hasn't turned up much useful information.
>
> The well-known advantage of using B&W film is the ability to expand
> or contract developing times in order to obtain both shadow and
> highlight detail in the finished print.  When using a digital camera
> to make what will eventually become a "fine art" B&W print, is there
> any known technique that mimics the N-1 or N-2 film development
> process?  Thanks!
>
> -- Darrell
>
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