Digital BW, The Print

Photokit Sharperner Pro works in 16bit.  The issue with a sharpening kit
that doesn't work in 16 bit is that you have to convert to 8 bit to do your
capture sharpening - before your colour/image adjustments and resizing to
print size.  Clearly not a satisfactory situation.

> From: Bill Cheadle <wpcheadle@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 09:01:18 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: NIK SHARPENER, or Fred Miranda???!!!!!
> 
> 
>> Is this serious?  I use Nik on Grayscale files all the time without a
>> problem.  My only bitch is that you have to convert to 8 bit first.
> 
>> Steve
> 
> 
> For those printing with QTR your going to convert to 8 bit anyway. If not,
> the printer driver will convert to 8 bit for you. So, other than having to
> manually convert to use NIK, and maintain a separate file, the outcome is
> the same.
> 
> I use FM, NIK and sometimes PS CS USM, and sometimes a combo. They all have
> their place depending on the image and what you're doing with it.
> 
> BTW, at a recent seminal I attended, I aske the NIK rep about 16 bit. He
> didn't give me a time frame, but did indicate that 16 bit was on their list
> for a future upgrade.
>