Digital BW, The Print

> From: Garry Sarre [mailto:garry@...]
>
> I don't think I was very clear as the responses have gone off on a
> tangent. I DO definately get degradation with 8 bit adjustments. I
> just wondered if there was any advantage to THE FINAL PRINT by doing
> those adjustments in an adjustment layer as opposed to the actual
> image file.

Until you get PSCS, which has 16-bit adjustment layers, you're probably
better off _not_ using adjustment layers, and staying in 16-bit mode. That
way, the adjustments won't cause posterization. The result will still get
converted to 8-bit data on the way to the printer driver, but at least each
gradation with be 1/256th of the range, instead of getting some gradations
that are only 1/128th of the range.

You sound like you're one of those people who really need PSCS.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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