Digital BW, The Print

on 3/21/2002 4:02 AM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> The key here is to develop techniques to allow for all manipulations to be
> done in 16 bit mode. Working in 8 bit mode results is too much data being
> thrown away.  Especially those new to B/W digital printing and working with
> Photoshop, learn good working habits and techniques. Your results will speak
> for themselves.

As someone new to digital B&W printing, I would like to ask what techniques
allow all manipulations to be done in 16 bit mode. Photoshop 6 doesn't seem
to support this.

Charles Whitaker

Charles
I only have PS 5 and can work in 16bit. All levels/curves, cloning 
and resizing can be done in 16bit. All the important bits. Filter 
work, in my version can only be done in 8bit. So if you really need 
to use filters (including dodging and burning)then convert to 8bit 
at the end.

Garry Sarre

www.sarre.com.au

> As someone new to digital B&W printing, I would like to ask what 
techniques
> allow all manipulations to be done in 16 bit mode. Photoshop 6 
doesn't seem
> to support this.
> 
> Charles Whitaker

> > The key here is to develop techniques to allow for all 
manipulations to be
> > done in 16 bit mode. Working in 8 bit mode results is too much 
data being
> > thrown away.  Especially those new to B/W digital printing and 
working with
> > Photoshop, learn good working habits and techniques. Your 
results will speak
> > for themselves.
>

Charles,

for your benefit, please use a subject line appropriate to your message. You 
are likely to get more responses than simply using the Digest title.

Regarding Photoshop's 16 bit mode: Try this: Open an 8 bit grayscale image, 
and convert it to 16. Then explore what is and what is not available in the 
layers and tools. Most notably, layers are still not supported in PS 6. But 
cloning and levels/curves are. Look at earlier messages (one recently by M. 
Kravit) that outline the process of bypasssing the lack of layer support.

If you are new to this, you may also consider a well-written book on the 
subject such as Real World Photoshop 6.


Antonis



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Charles Whitaker <chas@o...> 
wrote:
> on 3/21/2002 4:02 AM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y... at
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y... wrote:
> 
> > The key here is to develop techniques to allow for all manipulations to be
> > done in 16 bit mode. Working in 8 bit mode results is too much data being
> > thrown away.  Especially those new to B/W digital printing and working 
with
> > Photoshop, learn good working habits and techniques. Your results will 
speak
> > for themselves.
> 
> As someone new to digital B&W printing, I would like to ask what techniques
> allow all manipulations to be done in 16 bit mode. Photoshop 6 doesn't 
seem

> to support this.
> 
> Charles Whitaker

Charles,

Use of levels/curves/huesaturation/color balance together with the history
brush can do most of the things that you would otherwise do with layers or
dodging/burning.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Whitaker" <chas@...>
>
> As someone new to digital B&W printing, I would like to ask what
techniques
> allow all manipulations to be done in 16 bit mode. Photoshop 6 doesn't
seem
> to support this.