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Re: [Digital BW] VM curves

2001-12-21 by Jerry Olson

Haven't seen the Problem Tim. Do you have the latest curves? for PC or
Mac? they ain't the same!!!

Jerry



Tim Mimpriss wrote:
> 
> Following an earlier question of mine, one of the members of this list,
> Adrian Joyner, made me some prints using VM and Paul Roark's curves on an
> ESC 1160. He also sent some comparison prints made with Piezography ink
> using the new Piezo driver.
> 
> I liked the ability to control the tone (warm/neutral/cool) of the
> monochrome image, but, as
> Adrian pointed out, the VM prints showed much greater separation of tones in
> the deep shadows, lost the subtle tonal detail there and produced a
> posterised
> effect. His Piezo print on the other hand was in fact very close to the way
> I originally visualised the
> scene and similar to my own prints in tonal gradation.
> 
> I am wondering therefore whether anyone else has seen this as a problem and
> achieved a satisfactory solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim
> --
> Tim Mimpriss
> 
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