Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "davidpichevin"
<davidpichevin@y...> wrote:
...
> Something bugs me in what you are saying though. You say that you
> converted to LAB then converted to Gray matte. I am not sure that the
> 2 steps conversion is useful. You can very well convert directly to
> the grey matte and it sholdn't make a difference...


That's correct, though if converting from a color file that hasn't
been desaturated may make some sort of difference.
If your working space is very similar to your print space, I suppose
that last conversion could have less loss. But from scan (or capture)
to the final print space all those tonal moves are going to be made on
way or another anyway, so there you go...

If you are starting in RGB, and doing a number of mode conversions
along the way that have considerably different gammas, particularly up
and down, by the time you get to print space, loss could theoretically
become an issue.

Tyler