Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the quick response Paul!

I will give those numbers a try and see what happens.

I will look forward to you providing cool curves in
the (hopefully near) future.

Thanks for all your hard work in making the MIS UT2
ink set work as good as it does!  No more wet darkroom
for me!


--- Paul Roark <paul.roark@...> wrote:
> >...there are times when I like really cool
> >tones.  It looks like the curves start at "neutral"
> >then "carbon" up to the warm sepia tones.
> 
> >The neutral curve appears to be just that...very
> >neutral.  Are there any curves or recommendations
> on
> >how to get cooler prints than what the neutral
> curve
> >provides?
> 
> I agree cool curves would be good, but I have not
> had time to making them
> yet.  I explained how to adjust the neutral curve
> for warmer or cooler
> prints in my Readme file.  Basically, just make
> offsetting moves of the cyan
> and magenta inks (red and green curves).
> 
> The one cool curve I did make, for PermaJet's Oyster
> paper, moved the
> neutral Red curve down (adding more ink) 18 at 63
> (that is, from (63, 93) to
> (63, 75), 32 at 127 (the mid point), and 41 at 191. 
> I moved the green curve
> up 22 at 63, 37 at 127, and 46 at 191.  That curve
> also has some shadow
> point below 63 that had some offsetting moves.  The
> changed above took the
> tone from neutral to 0.06 units cool.  (Carbon is
> 0.10 warm for comparison.)
> I think about 0.06 units cold is getting close to as
> cool as I'd want to go
> and still have a "normal" looking print.  If you go
> too far the print starts
> looking blue instead of gray. 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/   
> 
> 


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