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Re: [Digital BW] a new user with an Epson 3800 and green hued b/w prints

2007-01-22 by Ian

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CorrPro96@... 
wrote:
>
>  
> In a message dated 1/21/2007 12:09:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> e.neilsen2@... writes:
> 
> You can  have all the sliders in the world but you still need to 
look at the
> print  to evaluate what they do. Simple as that; the eye of the 
sniper. I
> didn't  even look at the sepia setting in Print Fix. Why? I am pig 
headed.
> Really,  almost all the preset sepia settings stink for what I 
want. Ian will
> still  be the ultimate eye looking at his prints; either with or  
without
> additional software. 
> 
> 
> 
> Eric Neilsen  Photography
> 
> 
> 
> Very true. But CD's point about control thru the sliders in PFP, 
and the  
> tester to look at and make corrections is what makes the 
difference. The dry  
> down with ABW is also a factor with Silver Rag at least, because 
it is  
> considerably different from the wet print. It seems to just keep 
on going.
> The sliders beat the dartboard.
>  
> Richard (Brooklyn)
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
and, yes, I agree that sliders sound much better than the dartboard.

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