Digital BW, The Print

on 8/11/01 9:02 PM, Dan Culbertson wrote:

> So make, say, an Adobe 1.1, Adobe 1.2, Adobe 1.3,
> etc. and you can have a full range of RGB profiles that will convert your
> grayscale file to an RGB file with an applied gamma.  Whichever Adobe RGB
> gives you the best match between your standard grayscale working space (be
> it 1.8 or 2.2) is the one you would use in the Print Space in the print
> dialog box to make the print match your monitor.  I used to do this in PS 5
> for making gamma changes to RGB files with actions (where it is a bit easier
> to call up a profile than a curve) but it should work fine in the print
> dialog as well.

Just want to make sure I'm understanding this.

One makes a few different RGB profiles, each with a different gamma, and
when converting from grayscale to RGB, choose the profile which gives the
best match. But instead of just doing a mode change, or even a convert to
profile, you can just select that profile in the driver?

If that is what you are saying, I don't think it would work with Paul
Roark's method, as that requires you to attach an RGB curve set to the file
before printing. If the conversion isn't allowed to occur until the file
reaches the driver you won't get the opportunity to properly apply the
curves. So the different gamma spaces are a good idea, but you still need to
Convert To Profile to apply them when using Paul's method.

Does that sound right?

Todd