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RE: [Digital BW] Re: ......basics please ....greyscale, mono, desaturate?

2003-12-27 by Paul Roark

>Is there any particular advantage to converting images captured in 
>RGB (I use a Canon 10D) to greyscale, as opposed to converting in 
>layers to mono and adjusting the sliders, or for that matter de-
>saturating in layers (PhotoshopCS).

If you are using one of the variable-tone inksets or partitioned workflows,
all color information must be removed from the file before printing or
applying the curves that control the inkset.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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