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[Digital BW] Re: Duotones

2005-11-11 by Roy Harrington

Try it.  The BPC keeps everything matched up in DynR.  It does exactly what 
I think it is you want.  The duotones are much more difficult way to do this.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> 
wrote:
>
> I'll give this a try but wouldn't it pick up the reduced dynamic range of
> the print.  I should have been more specific perhaps.  I'd like to tint the
> image file similar to say a warm print but keep the full dynamic range (as
> opposed to a file "soft-proof").  For example, if someone wants to send an
> image to a magazine and have it printed with the same hue as their QTR warm
> curve but won't have input into the printing process (and so need to send a
> colour image rather than a greyscale).
> 
> 
> > From: Roy Harrington <roy@h...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:57:28 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Duotones
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale"
> > <stevekale@b...> 
> > wrote:
> >> 
> >> I have zero experience with using duotone (or tritone etc) in PS but would
> >> like to try to 
> > get 
> >> file versions of some of my images that match my prints' hue.  What would be
> >> the best 
> > way to 
> >> start with this?  For example, how could I get a copy of the file to closely
> >> match Epson's 
> > Adv 
> >> B&W "warm-darker" setting?
> >> 
> >> Cheers
> >> 
> >> Steve
> >> 
> > 
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > It's easy.  Make up a QTR ICC profile for the ABW settings.  Just like you'd
> > be softproofing
> > it with the warm tone.  Convert your grayscale to this profile.  It will now
> > be grayscale
> > but show the color of the ink. Now convert that to AdobeRGB.   The color of
> > the ink will
> > now show in the RGB values.
> > 
> > Roy
>

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