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Re: [Digital BW] washed-out mids with BO

2005-10-08 by Ben Rosengart

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 02:11:55PM -0400, Ben Rosengart wrote:
> Hi folks,
>   I'm getting washed-out looking mid-tones when printing BO with Eboni
> on HPR.  I've played around with curves and levels and whatnot, but I
> haven't found any really good solution.  Anyone have a nice "rule of
> thumb" or curve I could use?

On second thought, even better would be some kind of profile so I
could tell Photoshop about BO's odd curve.  That way, what's on my
screen would bear some resemblance to what prints.

I'm not looking for a perfect match, just trying to get close.

Clayton, do any of your articles address this question?

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

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