Digital BW, The Print

Hi Todd,

I was going from memory this morning when I wrote that.  We might be saying 
the same thing.  What I do is finalize my image in grayscale and save it so 
that I have a saved version of all my layers, etc.  Then, I flatten (because 
PS makes you), change the mode to RGB, load curves, and apply one of Paul's 
curves.  I do not save that.  If your method provides the same result, then 
there are no differences.  Are you using PS 5 Default in Color Settings?

I mentioned that MIS VM and Paul's curves match my monitor precisely.  If I 
don't like the print after it is produced, that's a different story.  I would 
tweak it, just as I tweaked my PiezoBW prints and my darkroom prints.  I'm on 
an 1160 by the way.

Helene


> 
> on 10/3/01 11:17 AM, grdglass@... wrote:
> 
> > P.S.  I am thrilled with the MIS inks and Paul's curves.  Unlike others on
> > this list, I find them usuable right out of the box.  They match my 
> monitor
> > perfectly.  Perhaps those with problems are not following Paul's 
> directions
> > to the letter.  I noticed someone using PS 6 and placing Paul's curve 
> ahead
> > of other curves.  I use PS 5 default and apply the curves by themselves 
> after
> > everything is finalized.  (Maybe the poster is using a different printer?)
> 
> Perhaps you are referring to me. I'm not clear on which direction you read
> the layer pallet from when you say "placing Paul's curve ahead
> of other curves". I put them at the top of the layer stack. If they are not
> at the top of the layer stack. Adjustment Layers are calculated upon the
> image one at a time, from the bottom of the stack to the top. So putting
> them at the top is the same as applying them on top of a flattened version
> of my file with layers. Keeping my layers active simply allows me to go back
> and edit the image more easily. Unfortunately, even in this digital age, I
> find it takes me many iterations of a print before I settle. Some of that is
> because I like to see "what if?".
> 




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