Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 11/30/06 5:35:19 PM, roy@... writes:


> I recently did a show of 20 or so
> images.  As a show I wanted the all the images with the same split-tone hue.
> I much prefer that all my image files are grayscale -- the split tone for me 
> is a
> printing issue not a source image file issue.    The notion of converting 
> all the
> files to RGB and trying to match the color tones isn't at all appealing.
> Since the files are all grayscale I can print with any number of printers 
> and/or inks
> and get the same fundamental image -- be it neutral gray, sepia, split-tone 
> etc.
> This is much more akin to what B&W photography has always been.
> 
Which is why we build a "tinted profile" function into PrintFIX PRO 2.0. That 
means that users accustomed to printing grayscale images to a workflow that 
tints them for them on output can do exactly that. Just create any and all 
neutrals, tints, cross-tints, ramps to paper-tone etc, that you want; each is its 
own profile. Once you get them just the way you want them, you print your 
grayscale images to the profile of choice to get that same effect on all of them. 
As well as previewing your images to any of them, to be sure to get the one 
that best suits the set.

So I don't think this workflow is losing anything for traditional users, just 
offering other functions as well.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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