Digital BW, The Print

On 05/01/2008 glemasurier wrote:
> 
> 1) I shoot JPEG and convert to 16-bit using the "mode" in CS to do 
> editing. I convert back
> to 8-bit to save and before printing. Am I actually achieving 
> anything? Am I affecting my
> image negatively?

If I had to shott Jpeg I would do the same, but the real problem is the 
Jpeg original throws away so much that you cannot get back. Have a look at 
http://tonysleep.co.uk/info/digital-workflow
> 
> 2) If I change the image size up and down, does that alter the 
> digital file or affect image
> quality? I usually save the image in its original file 
> size/resolution, but sometimes change
> image size several times on the file I'm using to print.

Disastrous. You need to keep a master copy and derive all resizes from 
that as copies. Iteratively resizing the same file degrades the image at 
each step.
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Regards

Tony Sleep
http://tonysleep.co.uk