Digital BW, The Print

Good morning Eric,

I recently purchased Lightroom and wanted to use it to allow me to navigate 
my library of images. This file in particular was process 2 years ago so I 
wasn't starting fresh from a raw file.

As far as my use of the PS duotone mode, it was based on what little 
experience I had at the time. I usually keep everything in 16 bit throughout 
my workflow but in this case I noticed that I couldn't use the PS feature 
unless I when down to 8 bits and at the time I didn't know a better way to 
achieve this look.

Please feel free to suggest some work around that would enable me to see 
thes few files I have under Lightroom.

Thanks,
Pierre


>From: "Eric Neilsen Photo " <e.neilsen2@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Importing 8 bit duotone images into Lightroom w/ 
>PSCS2 compatibility enabled
>Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:44:08 -0500
>
>Pierre, My first questions is WHY? If you had a 16bit image Lightroom will
>be OK, color or B&W. While some may have a color for selenium, I view that
>as some trying to make platinum prints without platinum. If you just
>desaturate your 16 bit color image and then "save as" you 'll have an RGB
>file with no color, then add color, reddish, bluish, or whatever you do to
>make selenium. Or better yet, just take your RGB 16 bit file into Lightroom
>and do your color adjustments there.
>
>If you're really happy with the duotone color, convert it to RGB and then
>import that file into LR. This is another situation where Adobe doesn't
>support their own code.
>
>Eric Neilsen Photography
>4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
>Dallas, TX 75226
>214-827-8301
>http://ericneilsenphotography.com
>Skype : ejprinter
>
>From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of caz
>Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 9:00 PM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] Importing 8 bit duotone images into Lightroom w/ 
>PSCS2
>compatibility enabled
>
>Hello,
>
>I wonder if someone here might have stumbled upon a situation I am
>faced with and found a solution.
>
>In order to mimick a selenium toned image I converted a 16 bit color
>image into greyscale then down to 8 bit and finally into a duotone.
>
>I tried to import this image in Lightroon but it doesn't want to
>cooperate.
>
>I had similar issues on some images where I hadn't enabled
>compatibility mode but in this case I even saved it as a copy with
>compatibility mode enabled but still no joy.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Pierre

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