Digital BW, The Print

Hi CD,

Thanks for the info on the file contents. It wasn't clear to me how 
different it was under the covers.

I haven't produced one of those in 2 years but the next time I get into 
these kinds of images I will use my PFP Suite to handle duotones.

Cheers,
Pierre


>From: CDTobie@...
>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: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:44:04 EDT
>
>In a message dated 4/22/07 10:00:25 PM, ve2caz@... writes:
>
> > 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.
> >
>
>A duotone is actually a single channel grayscale image, with some tinting
>data in a special format. Whether any application other than Photoshop 
>(even
>Lightroom...) will recognize that unusual format is always questionable, 
>few do.
>I'd suggest using some method other than Photoshop DuoTones to define your
>tints; they are not a color managed process anyways, so some other method 
>would
>provide more consistancy and flexibility.
>
>C. David Tobie
>Product Technology Manager
>ColorVision Business Unit
>Datacolor Inc.
>CDTobie@...
>www.colorvision.com

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