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RE: [Digital BW] (unknown) to Val digital vs film

2003-12-28 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Alan Zinn [mailto:AZinn@...]
>
> Did anyone see the current N.G.. aviation issue?  It was their first
> all-digital shoot. Check out the actual mag.. Tell me if I'm full of it,
> but I swear
> every image had a distinct "outline" effect around adjacent large tonal
> areas. I'm probably not describing that well, but take a look.
> Is that an artifact of the camera or reproduction?

Is it possible that they went trigger-happy with the unsharp mask? That
creates light halos around dark sharp edges (and less noticeable dark halos
around light sharp edges).

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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