Digital BW, The Print

Ben,

I'm not sure how the PK curve will work with PKN.  There may not be much
difference except in the very darkest shadows -- and the dmax will be more.

Let me know how they look.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben
> Rosengart
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:47 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1280 UT2 without sepia; plus, some archival
> questions
> 
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 07:40:27AM -0700, Paul Roark wrote:
> > Note that I also have curves for a number of glossy papers when Photo
> Black
> > is loaded.  See the bottom section of
> > http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/UT2-curves.html .  The neutral one does
> not
> > take advantage of the second LM in the Y position.
> 
> Naturally.  And these curves work equally well for PKN as for PK?
> 
> > Where you have a second LM in the Y spot, you might also consider
> getting
> > the ramp reasonably close with sliders (driver set to Color Controls)
> and
> > then using a monotone curve for the final linearization.  This is the
> > approach I've started to use for the C86 when I'm using it to work up
> images
> > for the larger printers.  If you can get the tone you like with the
> sliders
> > and the contrast reasonably close, the use of a monotone curve is
> something
> > many find well within what they can do.
> 
> This sounds like the sort of finicky business that I prefer to leave
> to others wherever possible.  I don't have a densitometer, so I
> could never be sure whether I had it right or not.
> 
> --
>  Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
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