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Re: [Digital BW] How many shades of gray

2005-01-13 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
<dlruckus@y...> wrote:
...
> It would appear that continuous tone is also in the eye of the
> beholder as even film is only continuous tone in appearance--ie: at
> micro levels the image consists of small bits and clumps of silver or
> dyes. Something like dots and dithering? ;)

Right, my use of the term was dicey. However I believe (could be
wrong) that those clumps have a variable density based on exposure, so
it's not just single density dots utilizing spacing and size like inkjet.
Of course we also have more then one ink density being utilized.
Tyler

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