Digital BW, The Print

Deadman's custom sharpener is an action that will operate on 16 bit 
gray files in Photoshop CS.  I also have PK sharpener but using it with 
16 bit gray scans of 4x5 negatives that are converted to RGB produces 
very large file sizes (2 gb+) that really slows my system down (iMac 
G5, 2 gb ram).  I like Deadman's custom sharpener because I can stay in 
16 bit gray mode and also it is very fast compared to PK.

On Mar 10, 2005, at 8:49 AM, Francis Ford wrote:

>
> What is Deadman's custom sharpener? Will it work in a
> mac?I just got  PK sharpening but have not worked with
> it much yet.I don't mind working in RGB foe
> B&W.Francis Ford
> --- Carl Schofield <scho@...> wrote:
>> I use Deadman's custom sharpener for sharpening 16
>> bit grayscale scans.
>>   Results are as good as PK sharpening, but without
>> the inconvenience of
>> converting to RGB and the enormous file sizes.
>>
>> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/links.html
>>
>> Carl Schofield
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:03 PM, aaashapiro wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Photokit sharpener works only on RGB images. So
>> what is the best way
>>> to apply it for black and white images?
>>>
>>> One could scan in greyscale, then change mode to
>> RGB, apply capture
>>> sharpening and then do all adjustments and finally
>> output sharpening
>>> and then, before printing, convert back to
>> greyscale.
>>>
>>> Or, one could scan in RGB, capture sharpen,
>> convert to black and
>>> white through desaturation or channel mixer but
>> keep in RGB until
>>> all adjustments are made, then output sharpen,
>> convert to greyscale
>>> and print.
>>>
>>> With digital camera capture one could follow the
>> latter procedure
>>> after converting the raw file in rgb, or one could
>> desaturate
>>> (presuming Adobe Capture Raw)prior to converting
>> and then capture
>>> sharpen etc. with, again, the last step before
>> printing being the
>>> conversion to greyscale.
>>>
>>> What workflows do people use? Have I omitted some
>> possibilities?
>>