Digital BW, The Print

Hi Bill,

I'm skeptical that there is any need for "particular" color information to
"better render Caucasian skin tones" when scanning B&W negatives.  Perhaps
you, or someone, could explain what this color information is?  I'm all ears
;-)

Regards,

Austin

> 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 \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
> >
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