Digital BW, The Print

>There, I selected the matte curves, 2
>of them blended at 50% in order to get a neutral tone. Printed, and
>what came out drastically lacked contrast.

Have you tried a different blend? I realize of course that different
printers, papers, etc. produce different results but I get a neutral tone
with cool on the left, warm on the right and a blend of 90 (i.e. 90% cool,
10% warm).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "davidpichevin" <davidpichevin@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Quadtone RIP Faded print




Diane,

Thanks for this and your previous replies.

The workflow you have described is what I have done for my last print
in QTR. Convert the file to the Grey matte profile from Roy, save then
import it into QTR for printing. There, I selected the matte curves, 2
of them blended at 50% in order to get a neutral tone. Printed, and
what came out drastically lacked contrast.

David.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Diane Fields"
<picnic@c...> wrote:
> I'm new to QTR, but I will tell you my reason for not using it as my
working space--but rather have it as my 'proof'--meaning I convert to
it.  I prefer to work in Adobe RGB98, process as b/w (and use a
variety of ways depending upon the image)--but I don't convert to LAB
until the end (and then to gray-matte paper, my usual paper).  I can't
use PKS in grayscale for one thing--and this is normally my last
process before printing.   I'm watching to see how others handle this,
but that was my understanding of how to handle it--as a 'conversion'.
 It works well for me.  If I need to do just a bit more to the file
before printing, I can still  add an adjustment layer to it, but I've
done most of my work in RGB, 16 bit (and, in fact, most of it besides
the b/w conversion, was done before the RAW conversion since I shoot
mostly digital RAW).







Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as
they are often being updated.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint

If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to
unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same
page.

Please follow these basic guidelines:
- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep
them short.
- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames.
Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the
membership without notice.
- Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W
printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from
the membership.
- By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and
guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and
Moderators. See "Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines" in the Files section:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/

BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT
YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE "OWNER" AND
"MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS,
GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE  "OWNER" AND
"MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY
TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR
ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY
THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER
MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP.

Yahoo! Groups Links