Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Carl....I think I will try it. Francis Ford
--- Carl Schofield <scho@...> wrote:
> 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?
> >>
> 
> 


		
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