Digital BW, The Print

I have done some B & W conversion of gray scale of color photos. I 
use Photoshop 7 or Paint shop Pro to tune them for contrast. I perfer 
to send upload them to ofoto.com and have them print. I have been 
happy with the quality. I use a Fujifilm 6900Z and the quality is 
outstanding. I am always looking for tips on how to imporve my 
photos.I also want to learn how to color tint portions of my B & W 
Photos. Does anyone do this sort of thing? 
Bonita

Bonita,

it may be worth your while to also check shutterfly.com.  I have seen very good 
prints (color) that a friend got and I can imagine they will do well in bw too 
(within the limitations of using color materials for monochrome). 

Also, they are very clear about the materials and process they use: they 
expose Fuji Chrystal Archive in a Fuji Frontier machine. Chrystal Archive is 
pretty much the current standard for archival stability in color.

As for colorizing, since you are working in RGB already, it's a simple matter of 
creating colorizing layers (Hue/Sat with "colorize" checked) and make a mask 
that paints the effect on only the parts you need.

I would pay attention to your color management settings, too. I didn't see any 
info on profiles etc in ofoto, but shutterfly uses sRGB. Be careful that you 
match what they need especially for bw prints. 

Have fun!

Antonis





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "bonita9529" <bonita9529@y...> 
wrote:

> I have done some B & W conversion of gray scale of color photos. I 
> use Photoshop 7 or Paint shop Pro to tune them for contrast. I perfer 
> to send upload them to ofoto.com and have them print. I have been 
> happy with the quality. I use a Fujifilm 6900Z and the quality is 
> outstanding. I am always looking for tips on how to imporve my 
> photos.I also want to learn how to color tint portions of my B & W 
> Photos. Does anyone do this sort of thing? 
> Bonita

Does anyone have a link to a site that gives the low-down on Fuji CA?

I mean...is there an article or something somewhere that promotes its
special qualities?

Perhaps a longevity statement or guarantee?

Sincerely Curious,

Steadman

  -----Original Message-----
  From: antonisphoto [mailto:antonisphoto@...]
  Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:32 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: digital B & W


  Bonita,

  it may be worth your while to also check shutterfly.com.  I have seen very
good
  prints (color) that a friend got and I can imagine they will do well in bw
too
  (within the limitations of using color materials for monochrome).

  Also, they are very clear about the materials and process they use: they
  expose Fuji Chrystal Archive in a Fuji Frontier machine. Chrystal Archive
is
  pretty much the current standard for archival stability in color.

  As for colorizing, since you are working in RGB already, it's a simple
matter of
  creating colorizing layers (Hue/Sat with "colorize" checked) and make a
mask
  that paints the effect on only the parts you need.

  I would pay attention to your color management settings, too. I didn't see
any
  info on profiles etc in ofoto, but shutterfly uses sRGB. Be careful that
you
  match what they need especially for bw prints.

  Have fun!

  Antonis





  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "bonita9529" <bonita9529@y...>
  wrote:
  > I have done some B & W conversion of gray scale of color photos. I
  > use Photoshop 7 or Paint shop Pro to tune them for contrast. I perfer
  > to send upload them to ofoto.com and have them print. I have been
  > happy with the quality. I use a Fujifilm 6900Z and the quality is
  > outstanding. I am always looking for tips on how to imporve my
  > photos.I also want to learn how to color tint portions of my B & W
  > Photos. Does anyone do this sort of thing?
  > Bonita


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Try www.handcolor.com, it is an excellent resource.
On Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 09:22 AM, bonita9529 wrote:

> I have done some B & W conversion of gray scale of color photos. I
> use Photoshop 7 or Paint shop Pro to tune them for contrast. I perfer
> to send upload them to ofoto.com and have them print. I have been
> happy with the quality. I use a Fujifilm 6900Z and the quality is
> outstanding. I am always looking for tips on how to imporve my
> photos.I also want to learn how to color tint portions of my B & W
> Photos. Does anyone do this sort of thing?
> Bonita
>
>

>
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