Digital BW, The Print

I just (after a year of on-off use) got around to testing wether 
placing an adjustment curve above or below Paul's partition curves 
makes a difference. Did someone mention this and I missed it 
completely? It makes a huge difference, at least on this test/image! 
Placing the adj. below the part. curve produced lower contrast, 
posterization, and a very obvious blue shift in the midtones (Ultra-
tone VM inks). The very same curve above the partition curves 
produced what I expected: neutral tone, good contrast, a smooth 
ramp. As they say...

Steve Karafyllakis

Two questions: 1) What kind of adjustment curves?  2) What you do you 
mean by "below" and "above"? 
Chris Hargens

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> I just (after a year of on-off use) got around to testing wether 
> placing an adjustment curve above or below Paul's partition curves 
> makes a difference. Did someone mention this and I missed it 
> completely? It makes a huge difference, at least on this 
test/image! 

> Placing the adj. below the part. curve produced lower contrast, 
> posterization, and a very obvious blue shift in the midtones (Ultra-
> tone VM inks). The very same curve above the partition curves 
> produced what I expected: neutral tone, good contrast, a smooth 
> ramp. As they say...
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis

Steven,

Application of the curve should be the LAST thing one does b4 printing..


 
Keith Krebs

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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor 
P.O.V. Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> Steven,
> 
> Application of the curve should be the LAST thing one does b4 
>printing..

A2, Brutus? ;-)

- Barrett