Personally, I think "Luminosity" is more in keeping with the language used in B&W photography (not to mention just seeming to have more gravitas). "Lab L" works.
Paul
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Roy Harrington roy@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi KeithYes does seem that Lightness is the more accepted term.(I'd swear Luminosity was used before. Seems to have beenusurped by the brain training program :)Best,RoyOn Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Keith Schreiber keith@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi Roy,Until recently I was also under the impression that L stands for Luminosity, but every reference I can find now says it stands for Lightness. Thought you might be interested.Cheers,Keith
On Jan 31, 2017, at 1:49 PM, Roy Harrington roy@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:The L of LAB is called Luminosity --- this is the unit linearized by QTR driver.
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