Digital BW, The Print

Right, I was referring to the rendering of Caucasian skin tones in a B&W
negative, scanned in RGB, then converted to greyscale

Bill.

on 1/22/04 9:34 PM, Austin Franklin wrote:

> 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 ³better render² (read emphasize) Caucasian skin tones.
>> > I seem to remember something like 50 red, 30 green, and 20 blue
>> > (don¹t 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
> 
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