Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,

>When I was developing the MIS FS/FSN workflow for the 1160 I found
>that it is much easier to create the necessary curves in PWP because
>the curves window is fully scalable (allowing accurate tweaking)

I generally enter numbers in the Photoshop box as opposed to moving the
points manually.  So, accuracy has not been a problem with the method I now
use.  Moving the points with the mouse -- which I tried at first -- was
clearly not the way to go in PS.

>there are no limits on the number of control points.

That is a clear and major advantage to Picture Window.

> The ability to read/edit the PW curve files with a text editor
>allowed me to manually input the curve coordinates ...

That is an interesting feature.  I manually entered the curves numbers last
night, before I knew that the top "Opt" button could open the PS curves
directly.  As I noted, above, however, I've been entering numeric
coordinates in PS for some time now.  Having those boxes right in the main
curves dialog box is probably an advantage to PS over PW.

At any rate, I'm delighted to find that Picture Window is so compatible with
the variable-tone workflows.  I'll be doing some comparison printing to see
if there are smoothness differences.

Thanks for the help.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> It appears that the Photoshop curves that control the variable-tone
inks can
> be translated into Picture Window (PW) curves with relative ease by
just
> editing the PW curves in a text file.  So, PW can print the vm and
UT inks
> just fine.
>
> (Could some PW user tell me how to copy and paste an image into an
existing
> file/window instead of a new one?)
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com



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