Digital BW, The Print

Much as I enjoy peppering the group with dumb questions, I figure I should
probably so some reading. :) I'd like to read up on the entire process, from
scanning through printing. I've bought books online before based on their
descriptions, and been disappointed, so I thought I'd ask the group for the
titles of books to cover all aspects of the process. Thanks to whomever can
help.

Charles Whitaker

> Much as I enjoy peppering the group with dumb questions, I figure I should
> probably so some reading. :) I'd like to read up on the entire
> process, from
> scanning through printing. I've bought books online before based on their
> descriptions, and been disappointed, so I thought I'd ask the
> group for the
> titles of books to cover all aspects of the process. Thanks to
> whomever can
> help.
>
> Charles Whitaker

Hi Charles,

If you wouldn't mind saying, what books, and what didn't you like about
them?  I'd like to know so I don't recommend the books you already have to
you ;-)

Regards,

Austin

Just one relating to digital work: "The Digital Darkroom" by George Schaub.
Probably a fine book for someone, but not near enough depth for me.

Any recommendations, Austin? Or anyone else?

Charles Whitaker

on 3/22/2002 6:18 PM, Austin Franklin" at <darkroom@...> wrote:

>> Much as I enjoy peppering the group with dumb questions, I figure I should
>> probably so some reading. :) I'd like to read up on the entire
>> process, from
>> scanning through printing. I've bought books online before based on their
>> descriptions, and been disappointed, so I thought I'd ask the
>> group for the
>> titles of books to cover all aspects of the process. Thanks to
>> whomever can
>> help.
>> 
>> Charles Whitaker
> 
> Hi Charles,
> 
> If you wouldn't mind saying, what books, and what didn't you like about
> them?  I'd like to know so I don't recommend the books you already have to
> you ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin

On hardware and software I try to stay well back from the bleeding 
edge. Partly by not upgrading until supplementary documentation I'm 
confident will be good is in print. Then I'm an early adopter of that 
supplementary documentation. So, without fear that he might already 
have them, I'll suggest that Charles save a lot of time in late 
summer for "Real World Photoshop 7" and "Real World Color 
Management". And consider diverting himself in the meantime, 
depending on his interests, with "Photshop Restoration and 
Retouching" and "Professional Photoshop 6" (on color correction). 
But, good as Amazon is on pre-sales info, I try to skim in a 
bookstore before actually buying.

The big gap seems to me to be scanning. I don't know of a good, 
up-to-date, in depth reference on it. Nor of one on digital cameras. 
Capture generally seems to me to be poorly documented except in re 
traditional photography.

Sam McCandless         samcc@...

> > Much as I enjoy peppering the group with dumb questions, I figure I should
> > probably so some reading. :) I'd like to read up on the entire
> > process, from
> > scanning through printing. I've bought books online before based on their
> > descriptions, and been disappointed, so I thought I'd ask the
> > group for the
> > titles of books to cover all aspects of the process. Thanks to
> > whomever can
> > help.
> >
> > Charles Whitaker
>
>Hi Charles,
>
>If you wouldn't mind saying, what books, and what didn't you like about
>them?  I'd like to know so I don't recommend the books you already have to
>you ;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Austin

on 3/23/2002 9:54 AM, "Sam A. McCandless" at <samcc@...> wrote:

> The big gap seems to me to be scanning. I don't know of a good,
> up-to-date, in depth reference on it.

How about "Avoiding the Scanning Blues: A Desktop Scanning Primer", by Taz
Tally? Has anyone read this, or leafed through it?

What I'm doing is scanning 35mm Tri-X and printing on an Epson 1280 with MIS
VM. Any documentation that would help me deal with problems that show up in
printing would be a big help to me. Although maybe hextone B&W printing is
too new for its problems to be included in current books.

Charles Whitaker