Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Staver
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> Yeah, with QTR I often think in terms of creating two curves that I 
> intend to combine at print time with the blending function to get 
> exactly the tone I want. It makes curve creation less complex and
allows 
> me to focus on getting a good grayscale in each curve first and then 
> find a good tone afterwards.
> 
> There's nothing to stop you from creating a single curve with exactly 
> the tone you want though. You could create a curve with K, M, and LM
for 
> the gray part of the curve and C and LC (or just C) for the toner part 
> of the curve. Then you could adjust the strength of the toner by 
> adjusting the ink limit for the toner ink, or by loading a custom 
> photoshop curve for the toner part of the curve, or by adjusting its 
> shadow/highlight/gamma parameters.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no

Wow, pretty powerful.  I have a lot to learn.

Thanks, Daniel, for the help.

Tom