Digital BW, The Print

I tried edge sharpening using a channel mask with nice results on a 
portrait.  However, when I converted to RGB and tried to apply the 
Roark curves (MIS VM on a 1200) I got very strange results.  It 
appears that the colors only "took" on the portions that had been 
sharpened, that were black on the mask.  It printed strangely.  When 
I applied the curves to a copy that had not been sharpened, it looked 
normal.  Any ideas about what I missed?

Steve

> I tried edge sharpening using a channel mask with nice results on a 
> portrait.  However, when I converted to RGB and tried to apply the 
> Roark curves (MIS VM on a 1200) I got very strange results.  It 
> appears that the colors only "took" on the portions that had been 
> sharpened, that were black on the mask.  It printed strangely.  When 
> I applied the curves to a copy that had not been sharpened, it looked 
> normal.  Any ideas about what I missed?

Sounds like one of your adjustment layers are interfering with the
curve. Make sure the curve is the top layer, or flatten the image before
you apply the curve.

Or maybe you forgot to deselect a hidden selection before applying the
curve? In that case CTRL-D should do the trick.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

Thanks Daniel,

It must be the hidden slection which I had forgotten about as I 
flattened the image before sharpening.  One of the last steps in the 
edge sharpening workflow I used was to hide the slection -- "hide 
edges."  

By the way, I used the edge sharpening workflow found at 
www.bythom.com/sharpening.htm.  While it is the first I have tried, 
it worked quite well and using levels it is easy to control what is 
sharpened and what is not.

Steve

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Staver" 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> > I tried edge sharpening using a channel mask with nice results on 
a 
> > portrait.  However, when I converted to RGB and tried to apply 
the 
> > Roark curves (MIS VM on a 1200) I got very strange results.  It 
> > appears that the colors only "took" on the portions that had been 
> > sharpened, that were black on the mask.  It printed strangely.  
When 
> > I applied the curves to a copy that had not been sharpened, it 
looked 
> > normal.  Any ideas about what I missed?
> 
> Sounds like one of your adjustment layers are interfering with the
> curve. Make sure the curve is the top layer, or flatten the image 
before
> you apply the curve.
> 
> Or maybe you forgot to deselect a hidden selection before applying 
the

> curve? In that case CTRL-D should do the trick.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no