Digital BW, The Print

On 3/25/05 4:28 AM, "Steve Kale" sent the following verbage:

> 
> Got it.  BTW I just map from QTR Lab to Adobe RGB (and afterwards back
> again) for sharpening with Photokit Sharpener Pro.  It is a final step and
> doesn't affect my master file.  Otherwise about the only conversions I am
> doing are scanner tagged input or sRGB from my pocket digital (my 1Ds MK II
> shoots Adobe RGB) to Adobe RGB and perhaps the odd Adobe RGB to QTR Lab.

You stated a scanner profile in the earlier post. I assumed you were
scanning color positive film. Scanner tagged input? You are choosing a color
space from your scanner driver controls and then converting to Adobe RGB
once the file is in PS? If it is not a scanner profile you have created for
your particular transparency, why not just choose adobeRGB as your tag in
the first place? Just curious. I don¹t use scanner profiles, I shoot
primarily BW or color film.


> For all of that I have been using the general intent relative colormetric
> for the moment.  When might one not want to use relcol in these instances?

Tyler explained that well I think.

> 
> For printing (workspace to printspace), I always use Perceptual.

I never say always...  relcol suits my workflow for most things, but, as
with everything, it's image and output dependent.

Carolyn