Re: Am I destroying image quality-Original Question
2008-01-05 by Clayton Jones
Hello George, ... Yes, a little bit. If you, for example, use a contrast adjustment curve with 8-bit some combing will appear in the histogram. If this gets
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Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Frank Jay
Thank you Jim, that is an answer to part of my question....the rest is...So, before prnting, even though I have done simple edits in the Adobe Raw processing,
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Gary Weaver
I think the point is that once a RAW is opened/decoded, it s not a file and it s a new image (raster?). The RAW remains unchanged. gar *********** REPLY
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Paul D. DeRocco
... The raw converter gives you a bunch of options, but the most important one is the Exposure. You should set this to best fit the histogram, so that you
Re: [Digital BW] quoting previous posts
2008-01-05 by Gary Weaver
Few trim just to make digest readable. gar *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by CorrPro96@aol.com
Yes you are. In ACR, after you edit the DNG, hold down the ALT key and press open as a copy . Richard Massie In a message dated 1/5/2008 11:51:13 A.M. Eastern
Re: [Digital BW] Ilford Gold Fibre Silk - Surface?
2008-01-05 by CorrPro96@aol.com
In a message dated 1/5/2008 10:10:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gcwagner@sbcglobal.net writes: Richard, I let it dry 48 hours or more and it still is very
Re: Wilhelm Tests, OBAs and Archival
2008-01-05 by pr_roark
... I don t think Wilhelm uses the term archival much. In general, while all accelerated fade and age testing is just an estimate, the fade testing has
[Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by frankjay02
Thanks Paul, most of what you said I know, some I didn t...after reading your post, I dragged a CAnon RAW file to CS2 and it opened up in the RAW converter.
Re: [Digital BW] Re: OBAs Cont.
2008-01-05 by Tony Sleep
... Yes, OK. You forced me to go away and read up more on pigment ink metamerism. I had not appreciated that the greater metamerism of pigments was due to the
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Paul D. DeRocco
... They don t necessarily have to be translated to another type of file. A raw file is just another file format like JPEG. When you open a file in some editor
Re: [Digital BW] Ilford Gold Fibre Silk - Surface?
2008-01-05 by Carl Schofield
I ve been using Ilford Gold Silk without problems in both an Epson 4000 and R1800. Surface doesn t appear to be any more sensitive to abrasion than other PK
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Paul D. DeRocco
... At 25 cents a gigabyte, that s no excuse. ;-) Don t know what software you use, but Photoshop can open raw files directly. You ll get much better results.
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Jim Goshorn
... JPEG files can have what are referred to as artifacts. These may be from for example, in camera sharpening or data compression. Also remember that JPEG are
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Wilhelm Tests, OBAs and Archival
2008-01-05 by Peter De Smidt
... Both actually. Some of the earliest ones are hand-colored bw. They look great. ... These were professional portraits. I doubt very much that they were
Re: [Digital BW] Ilford Gold Fibre Silk - Surface?
2008-01-05 by Dana H. Myers
... I ve had no problem with prints on K3/Gold Fibre Silk being easy to mar in normal handling (including stacking with other prints, etc.), but I can indeed
Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Frank Jay
Shoshanna wrote
RE: [Digital BW] Ilford Gold Fibre Silk - Surface?
2008-01-05 by gcwagner
Richard, I let it dry 48 hours or more and it still is very sensitive compared to matte prints. If you have a test print could you try just rubbing your finger
Re: quoting previous posts
2008-01-05 by Frank Jay
I just switched to digest because of the volume of emails and lately the reponses inside the body of the email was not matching the subject heading. The past
Re: [Digital BW] 4990 test
2008-01-05 by Ernst Dinkla
A good test would start with an ISO target or the razor edge target like Imatest allows. With a flatbed scanner that has the film holder tweaked to the right
Re: [Digital BW] Re: OBAs Cont.
2008-01-05 by Ernst Dinkla
... Metamerism (as we define it here) is caused by changing light spectra in general. UV light and UV light + fluorescence is just a part of changed light
[Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by ferdinand_paris
... I may have bought a 3800 if it did roll paper. I came close, but it s hard to do my popular panoramas without it, so I hope it is retained. F_P
Re: [Digital BW] Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Tony Sleep
... 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
[Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by djon43
There s regular discussion on other forums, speculating about discontinuance of 2400 fyi. Epson would like to replace it with amateur printers like 1800/1900
Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by djon43
The 2200 is a fine printer but use of alternative inks Vs OEM does put it at risk of clogging and the garbage heap. The OEM inks are exquisite for color and
Re: quoting previous posts
2008-01-05 by ncmphoto
... Yes, duly noted, and thanks (g). I ve always preferred digests for all my elists, mainly to not clutter up my mail app with thousands of posts, as I
Re: Wilhelm Tests, OBAs and Archival
2008-01-05 by djon43
Wilhelm s testing and excellent reputation has done a ... and have ... That s wonderful, but it doesn t mean Wilhelm s statements about archival are, or ever
Re: [Digital BW] quoting previous posts
2008-01-05 by Mark Savoia
I am just curious why would you choose this way instead of individual e-mails? What are the pros and cons? (notice I trimmed) Mark
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Wilhelm Tests
2008-01-05 by Ernst Dinkla
... It must have been 7 years ago or more after a Xmas that we discovered how attractive/absorbent HM coatings are for candle and open fire fumes. What was a
quoting previous posts
2008-01-05 by ncmphoto
It seems many people on this list don t use the posting guidelines: i.e. to *only* quote the relevant part of the post you are responding to, not all the
Re: [Digital BW] Re: OBAs Cont.
2008-01-05 by Richard Smallfield
Hi, if that was a response to my comments about Entrada, I might add that I use a lot of PremierArt Matte BW and almost never have flakes. I can t remember
Re: [Digital BW] Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Shoshanna
... . Yes. JPG is, and has always been, what is called a lossy format; every time the file is re-saved, data is dropped and lost from the image.
RE: [Digital BW] Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Paul Grant
I think shooting in Jpeg and Converting to 16 bit is a waste of time. Just shooting in Jpeg tosses out about ½ your pixels. Changing to 16 bit I don’t
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Eric Neilsen
I d HIGHLY recommend that you reconsider your work flow to include RAW shooting. JPEG is just trimming too much good stuff. If your print size is limited to
Re: Another post on Cone vs UT7 for 2100/2200
2008-01-05 by ferdinand_paris
I am leaning towards the Cone inks, but I d like to understand better the paper selection issue, like how much variation you get and which papers give which
Re: Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by glemasurier
Thanks, Paul. I haven t tried RAW because of computing power and storage space, and the extra hassle of converting them to TIFFs or the PSD files that I
RE: [Digital BW] Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by Paul D. DeRocco
... Not a whole heck of a lot. If you tweak your images by doing lots and lots of curves on top of curves, as opposed to using adjustment layers, then you
Am I destroying image quality
2008-01-05 by glemasurier
Am I destroying image quality by my workflow? 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
Re: Scanners being used
2008-01-05 by TK Thompson
I have a 4990 and did a resolution test using a 35mm Tech Pan negative of the USAF resolution target. My scanner hit peak resolution at 4800 dpi - could read
[Digital BW] Re: OBAs Cont.
2008-01-05 by Clayton Jones
Hello Richard, ... I have seen this several times and, to be honest, I have my doubts. The main thing is yellowing. We know that EEM yellows very quickly, in
Re: [Digital BW] Ilford Gold Fibre Silk - Surface?
2008-01-05 by Tyler Boley
No problems here but every since we had to adjust to the flaking problem when we started using inkjets I ve handled any ink print much more carefully than any
Re: Wilhelm Tests, OBAs and Archival
2008-01-05 by Clayton Jones
Hello Paul, ... Thanks, Paul. You make some important points that too often get lost over time. The OBA issue is not black and white (sorry, couldn t resist
[Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by Clayton Jones
Hello Mitch, ... FWIW, I had a 2200 for 23 months when the paper feed mechanism died, and there have been several other similar reports over past couple of
Clipping reply's
2008-01-05 by donbga
Hello Everyone, I m reticent to bring up an old complaint but could everyone be cognizant about clipping their posts to the list? Thanks, Don Bryant
Re: OBAs Cont.
2008-01-05 by Clayton Jones
Hello Andrew, ... Thanks very much, I ll check it out. Regards, Clayton Info on black and white digital printing at http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
Re: [Digital BW] Ilford Gold Fibre Silk - Surface?
2008-01-05 by CorrPro96@aol.com
Not with my 4800 with K3 PK inks. Perhaps your inks needed more drying time. Richard Massie In a message dated 1/3/2008 11:10:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by Mitch Greenwald
Here s another perspective on the 2200 . . . I ve been told by techs who repair huge numbers of Epsons that the 2200 is a MUCH more solid machine than the 2400
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Scanners being used
2008-01-05 by Gary Weaver
Yes, one needs a degree of humor with this stuff!! gar - Out Of Focus *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
[Digital BW] Re: OBAs Cont.
2008-01-05 by dlruckus
... paper ... If that s all it takes, it sounds like a plan. No OB fade problems. No fluorescence. Ink or paper. Paper looks just as yellow as it ever would,
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Dilemma - 2200 or new printer?
2008-01-05 by Eric Neilsen
I have a 4800 and picked up a used 2200. Any Epson printer offering the current ABW printing options with a K3 ink set would be hard to beat. If you have one