Digital BW, The Print

At 04:54 PM Sunday 5/27/2007, you wrote:
>> What image editor are you using? I hope it has colour management 
>built in so you can convert the image to the right profile.
>
>I am just using the Canon RAW converter. It has a basic but workable 
>BW conversion with it. Not sure what you mean by converting the image 
>to the right profile. It allows conversion to either TIFF or JPEG and 
>allows adobe or RGB colorspace. The only place I can see to select 
>profiles is in QTR.

You will need an image editor. The cheapest one I know of that is colour managed is Picture Window Pro but, being a Photoshop user, I'm rather ignorant of other programs.
http://www.dl-c.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28

Your monitor must also be calibrated so that the screen tones are accurate. Is it calibrated?

>In QTR I select UC-EEnhmatte-warm (assume UC is for epson K2 inks and 
>enhanced matt is the paper) as there does not seem to be a neutral 
>option.

You choose two curves and choose a mix between the two that fits your needs - from cool to warm.

Feel free to email me off-list if you want help - I'm not the most tech savvy person here, but seem capable of getting good results with QTR, so that's a start.

Good luck,
Richard

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