Digital BW, The Print

Hi Bill,

> I have heard, but cannot personally confirm, that PS as well as many
> scanning programs over-emphasize the red channel over the green and blue
> ones, supposedly to \ufffdbetter render\ufffd (read emphasize) Caucasian skin tones.
> I seem to remember something like 50 red, 30 green, and 20 blue
> (don\ufffdt quote
> me on these exactly! ;^)

Er, hum...I believe that's for color to B&W conversion...not for an RGB scan
of a B&W negative...there are no "Caucasian skin tones" in a B&W negative
that red would emphasize ;-)

Regards,

Austin