Digital BW, The Print

Paul, thank you so much for sharing your technique with me.  Please
read below, I need a little more help.

On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 07:46:22PM -0700, Paul Roark wrote:
> 
> Here is my procedure.  

I'm trying this out now.  I'm a little lost.  I think you left out
some aspects that are obvious to old Photoshop hands, but less obvious
to me.

> First I make a selection of what areas I want, for example, cool.  I save
> the selection, of course.  In the one I just printed the selection had large
> areas of feathering or less than 100% opacity (of the mask).  

With you so far.

> Second, I make a duplicate image -- both should be converted to RGB before
> the curves are applied.  

Do they need to be flattened?  My top layer is usually a Channel Mixer
layer.

> Third, I apply the cool curve to the duplicate and the warm curve to the
> original.  

So the selection stayed with the original, and the duplicate has
no selection, yes?  And you apply the curves as a layer, or as an
adjustment?  If an adjustment, which layer is selected (see flattening
question above)?

> Fourth I align the clone tool at (.001, .001) or whatever your "Information"
> palette says the upper left hand corner of the image is.  Have the clone
> tool at one pixel for this.

Align?  Is that "option-click to define a source point", or something else?

> Fifth I set the clone tool to 100% hardness and the largest size and with a
> single sweep, I clone the entire duplicate, cool-colored image over onto the
> warm-original,

So you've defined a source point in the duplicate, and you apply the
clone to the original?  This is where I really get lost.  I tried
this, but the result didn't look right at all.  I must have gone wrong
somewhere earlier.

> but it only gets through the mask/selection to the extent of
> the transparency.  If you do the sweep in more than one continuous motion,
> the amount that gets through the mask will be duplicated in the feathered
> areas.
> 
> I then have an original that is warm-colored (false color, of course) where
> the mask was opaque, or to the extent of the opacity, and cool-colored where
> the selection let the clone tool do its cloning. 
> 
> Finally, I print the image on, in this case, a 2200 with UT7 inks, using the
> usual settings.  (The curves have already been applied.)  
> 
> If you save the colored image, name it in a way that reminds you what
> printer and inkset it is set up for.  I usually don't save the color image,
> but I definitely do save the selection.  

Thanks ...

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 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
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