Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Kip Babington
<cbabing3@s...> wrote:
> Sorry I didn't have it quite right.  Try 
> http://www.theimagingfactory.com/.  You may have to step through
"products" 
> and then select the convert program.  As I recall, there's a free trial 
> download that's good for a while, so you might be able to just try
it for a 
> bit.  Coming from 30+ years of B&W darkroom work and wanting to do 
> primarily B&W work in digital mode, this program struck me as the most 
> immediately useful way to get control over B&W prints, and I think I
bought 
> it after just a couple of days' trial.  But since I was just
beginning in 
> digital image manipulation I was also having difficulty getting any
kind of 
> grasp on even the basics of Photoshop, and not having to deal with
levels 
> and curves at the beginning was another big attraction of this 
> software.  If you don't have a lot of B&W film work behind you, or if 
> you're more comfortable with Photoshop manipulations, or if you're
not as 
> focused on B&W output as I was, this may not be worth the price, as
there 
> are other ways to achieve the same results.  But I'd still recommend
you 
> try it and see.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kip
> 
> At 5/11/2004 03:22 PM +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >Kip,
> >
> >Thanks for the tips.  I can't find any product called "Convert BW
> >Pro".  Is there a web site for it?  Could you mean "BW Workflow Pro"?
> >I do have Qimage but I have been using PhotoShop to test the Lyson
> >inks.
> >
> >Jim

Kip,

I'll try it out.  I do have quite a bit of darkroom experience, but it
 was years ago.  Now I'd rather do my printing with an inkjet than
mess with developer, stop bath, fixer, hypo clearing agent, toning,
washing, drying, and dry mounting. 

Jim