Digital BW, The Print

I agree with you that there are a few issues to contend with.

I use a Dell laptop right now but am considering getting a Mac next year. I
believe that future versions will improve on many fronts but in the mean
time I'm hoping that Lighroom and Aperture will compete against each other
and that the result will benefit both applications and everyone.

In my case I only had about 4 files setup that way so I managed to find them
along with a few others that I had the compatibility mode turned off and
managed to get them fixed.

I did print the dialog so I didn't have to manually copy the file paths but
they should give you more options to handle such situations.

I also wish they had a better way of handling metadata across the various
Adobe applications. You get extra features by using the database but when
you export to sidecars you loose some of the hierarchy you can develop for
things such as keywords.

Maybe CD Toby has some suggestions for searching out such files.

Thanks for the input. :o)
Pierre

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Eric
Neilsen Photo 
Sent: April 23, 2007 10:21
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Importing 8 bit duotone images into Lightroom w/
PSCS2 compatibility enabled

Pierre, The folks at Adobe really pissed me off with their lack of
compatibility with LR and their other image products. I suppose it can't be
all things to all people but there are many aspects of LR image management
that really stink.  NON maximized PSD files will not import into LR either.
I also ran across some 325mb Tif files that were report to be too large.

 

I don't know of a search that you can do to identify Duotone, Tritone or
Quadtone files. LR will tell you when a file will not be imported but will
not allow you to copy or export that list so that you can trouble shoot the
list. Sure you could manually write them down and if there were only a few
that is work around but with thousands of image files and possibly hundreds
that don't flow into LR, you are left with the task of some other tracking
system. 

 

All Duotone, Tritone or Quadtone files need to be converted to RGB in PS.
The conversion will keep the color properties that you assigned them and
then can be read by RGB programs. 

 

Eric

 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pierre
Archambault
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:44 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Importing 8 bit duotone images into Lightroom w/
PSCS2 compatibility enabled


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