Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Louis Dina" <lbdina@c...> wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed answer Lou. I'll check out the tutorial.
> Steve,
> 
> Both products are fantastic and give the same high quality output.  
> They use the same gimp engine for output, so if you have identical 
> profiles, you should get identical output.  
> 
> I settled on IJC/OPM because I prefer the flexibility, power and user 
> interface for profile creation.  It has some neat features that I 
> love.  Here is a link to the tutorial if you want more information.
> 
> http://www.bowhaus.com/contributors/contributor.htm
> 
> IJC/OPM works with 8 and 16 bit grayscale and RGB images, in TIF, JPG 
> and PSD formats.  QTR may also, but I don't remember.  IJC/OPM also 
> has a set of sliders, similar to Photoshop's channel mixer, which 
> allows you to adjust RGB images on the fly so you can blend channels 
> for final output.  Unlike PS, this feature also has a checkbox that 
> maintains overall luminosity when moving sliders, which is very 
> handy.  You can also apply different profiles to different portions 
> of the image using alpha channels, so one part of the image could be 
> neutral B&W, while other portions are cool, warm, sepia, etc.  You 
> can apply 7 profiles in a single image using alpha channels.
> 
> Both programs are excellent.  It just depends on how you want to work 
> and the feature set you need.
> 
> Lou
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveh0607" 
> <steveh060758@m...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Everyone,
> > 
> > For those who have used both QTR and IJC/OPM: What are the Pro's 
> and Con's of each 
> > beyond cost?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Steve