Digital BW, The Print

I've searched the archive and looked at the MIS site. I haven't seen 
any VM curves available for papers other than EAM. I gather that 
there are some papers, like Museo, that give good results with the VM 
curves for EAM with a little tweaking. Anyone have a list of what 
papers might/probably would react similarly?

Chris,

The standard curves should work with a large number of papers with 
some overall tweaking of the image. I have used the curves with 
Legion Photo Matte, Brightcube Eclipse Satine and Velvet, Hahnemule 
Photo Rag, Crane Museo. Usually the addition of a Brightness/Contrast 
or Curves adjustment layer will allow you do adjust your image to a 
different paper.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Chris Hargens" <ldmr@c...> 
wrote:
> I've searched the archive and looked at the MIS site. I haven't 
seen 
> any VM curves available for papers other than EAM. I gather that 
> there are some papers, like Museo, that give good results with the 
VM 
> curves for EAM with a little tweaking. Anyone have a list of what 
> papers might/probably would react similarly?

I've mostly been lurking here as I get my digital printing set-up in 
order-and delighted by the information I've picked up.

I recently got a Polaroid SS4000, and have had no problem with their 
software or with Vuescan in scanning BW negatives in grayscale. 
However, in "graduating" to Silverfast 5 Ai, I find that I am getting 
distinct "posterization" of tonalities. I downloaded the current 
version, but no improvement. As Silverfast has innumerable options, I 
may have something set wrong. Anyone with ideas on what might be 
causing this?

--

Bruce,

Setting up Silverfast can be very confusing and the manual really 
doesn't walk you through it properly. Go through the tutorials 
written by Ian Lyons at his website:

http://welcome.to/computerdarkroom

Hopefully that will get you on track.

Martin Wesley


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bruce Kinch <pvx@m...> 
wrote:
> I've mostly been lurking here as I get my digital printing set-up 
in 
> order-and delighted by the information I've picked up.
> 
> I recently got a Polaroid SS4000, and have had no problem with 
their 
> software or with Vuescan in scanning BW negatives in grayscale. 
> However, in "graduating" to Silverfast 5 Ai, I find that I am 
getting 
> distinct "posterization" of tonalities. I downloaded the current 
> version, but no improvement. As Silverfast has innumerable options, 
I 

> may have something set wrong. Anyone with ideas on what might be 
> causing this?
> 
> --