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Re: Saving as grayscale

2006-05-18 by lulalake_1999

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rem Roberti" 
<remegius@...> wrote:
>
> I have experimented with a number of BW conversion methods, but
> regardless of the method, is it desirable to finally save the image 
as
> a mode>grayscale rather than mode>RGB? If so, why?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Rem

Hi Rem,

It's a bit of personal preference as far as I can see however . .
Unless it's just massive, I keep the image in RGB (even though it 
B&W) until I'm about to print then I make a duplicate and convert to 
20% Dot Gain (save with a unique name) and print that copy using QTR.

That way I have both files to play with.

Jules

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