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More info?)
On 5 Jan 2005 14:19:07 -0800, "Josh" <jayelwin@gmail.com> wrote:
>No biggie - I'm actually looking to replace my existing wet darkroom
>with a digital process. I plan on scanning my B&W 6x7 negs using a film
>scanner and then do all the usual darkroom machinations with photoshop
>- I needed a way to get 8x10 up to 20x24 B&W output that I am happy
>with. I' am wondering though, how I am going to calibrate my system to
>their printer so the grey's I see are the greys I will get. I will
>probably have color orders, but right now my local lab with their
>really nice Noritsu printer already scans my 35mm film and prints them
>- I can always shuttle files over to them.
>
>Thanks
I would have thought B&W calibration would be an order of magnitude
simpler than color calibration. Do similar tests you would in your wet
darkroom - strip tests and comparison prints, send off for printing,
wait a few days and keep these for reference. Comparing the on screen
image with the print (when it arrives) will give you a good start to
get your gamma, brightness etc set up to match. I guess the right way
would be to create (somehow) a profile that can be used in Photoshop's
proof setup, so you can get PS to simulate how it would look on that
paper. It's not something I've messed about with too much though.
I always send a couple of strip-test prints to any new 3rd-party
printer to see what works best on their setup. One for unsharp mask
strength and one for color saturation.
I may not have been clear in my earlier posts, but the mpix media
sample prints are the same image printed on 3 different papers, one of
them being the digital B&W.
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Owamanga!
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