Digital BW, The Print

Sorry, the Deadman action I'm using for 16 bit gray files is the 
"Custom Sharpen" and not "Super Sharpener".


On Saturday, November 6, 2004, at 01:22  PM, Carl Schofield wrote:

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> I use Photokit for RGB images from my digital camera, but for 16 bit
> gray scans of 4x5 negatives I've been using Deadman's Super Sharpener
> action (link below).  Photokit only works in RGB mode and file sizes
> get to be quite large and unwieldy after converting large grayscale
> scans to 16 bit RGB.
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/links.html
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> On Saturday, November 6, 2004, at 12:05  PM, Steve Kale wrote:
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>> 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.
>>>
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