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Separation curves and the histogram

2001-08-14 by Todd Flashner

I m like the atheist who prays to God - just in case. I m not a perfect-histogram monger, but I do like to know the deal, in case I change my mind later.

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Re: [Digital BW] Entry Level Printer-1280

2001-08-14 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Andre, I m still waiting to receive the CIS and MIS inks and then I need to learn the new workflow. I will keep you posted as I go through the process. I don t

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Re: Image Histograms Destroyed

2001-08-14 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Bernd, To give you some idea of how bad a histogram can look and still provide a good print I have uploaded an image of three histograms to the Files section

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Re: Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-14 by Dan Culbertson

... Hi Tyler, The only problem is that the only way you can do that is to find the gamma of the printer/ink/paper and stay in that space forever. If you

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converting grayscale image to 4-color CIS

2001-08-14 by RHRohlfing@aol.com

Hello all, It s funny, I think I understand every single word that is discussed in this group. However, I can only understand the concepts a small portion of

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Re: Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-14 by Tyler Boley

... ertson ... the gamma ... change any ... snip... Exactly. That s what I meant. What you are calling the gamma of a printer/paper/ink combo is

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Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 36

2001-08-14 by Andy Levin

Martin: Thanks for the suggestions....the spirit of experimentation here would have appealed to Gene Smith and Edward Weston, for certain. Many of the concepts

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Piezo users paper & printers

2001-08-14 by Paul Roark

I was part of that 31 print exchange group on the Piezo list. (Lots of really nice shots there.) I thought it would be interesting to see what paper and

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Legion Photo Matte, the "acid " Test

2001-08-14 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Hi! Picked up a package of Legion Photo Matte locally today. First thing I did, after noting the smoooooth surface, was to check it with my pH pens. Front:

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Re: Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-14 by Dan Culbertson

... Never lose a bit if you can help it. :-) No magic here, my multichannel method avoids losing bits simply by going around the gamma change from 1.8

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Diagnosis

2001-08-14 by Stephen Kundell, MD

Dan, Your in luck. As a developmental pediatrician, I actually think your diagnosis is more consistent with Piezo-Compulsive Disorder, but since we all

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[Digital BW] Re: Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-14 by Tyler Boley

... snip... ... adjustment is ... Todd, I don t mean to butt in, but why even fool with it? Why not simply have a workflow from scan to print that leaves the

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Spectrocam dot gain readings

2001-08-13 by Tyler Boley

The Spectrocam software will give dot gain readings for any CMYK ink set. The Spectrocam Pro software will give the same as well as custom inks, in other

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Re: [Digital BW] Entry Level Printer

2001-08-13 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Andy, You can change that appears on the list under Author by simply changing the primary e-mail address you set up in your Yahoo account. Not sure how Todd

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Re: [Digital BW] Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-13 by Tim Spragens

... I haven t. I went out shooting this afternoon and am now developing film. As mentioned later in the thread, Dan s approach would work. I am curious what

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Image Histograms Destroyed

2001-08-13 by ruhrfoto@yahoo.de

Fellows, if I open an image file in PS 5.5 or 6.01, which I saved in 8 bit grayscale modus before and proced only a little curve tweaking, for instance

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[Digital BW] Entry Level Printer

2001-08-13 by Paul Roark

Andy, ... ... I use an Epson 1160 for both color and B&W. I have B&W and color pigmented inksets in CISs and also use a lot of individual cartridges that I ve

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Re: [Digital BW] Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-13 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Todd, I did the same thing as Tim, created a new Photoshop grayscale file (Gray Gamma 2.2) 2000 x 2000 pixels and filled it edge-to-edge with a gradient. I

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Re: Entry Level Printer

2001-08-13 by antonisphoto@yahoo.com

Andy, part of the reason for establishing this group is that it s very difficult to get satisfactory bw with a regular color printer. Most people who want good

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Entry Level Printer

2001-08-13 by mojogroup@yahoo.com

Can someone suggest an entry level printer that I can start to do some b.w (and preferably color too) digital work on? I just want to get a feel for these

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Re:Convert to RGB caution-gamma issues

2001-08-13 by antonisphoto@yahoo.com

Tim (and Martin, Peter, Todd), Dan gave us a pretty good answer in message 170. If you discuss this further, based on the - very useful - illustration of the

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Re: [Digital BW] Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-13 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Tim, Your Histogram images are now in teh File section of the group homepage in the folder Message Related Files and the file description contains the # of

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Re: [Digital BW] Convert to RGB caution

2001-08-13 by Tim Spragens

... I m not Johnny, but this is what I see (soon to be in the images section of the list): http://www.borderless-photos.com/temp/histos.gif Two surprises here,

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