You just eradicated the bane of my black and white printing - well, actually, I gave up. I just know I can make it work now.
Thanks,
Renate
On 9/23/06, Herschel Mair <herschelmair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The simplest way to get good (and consistent) colour management, is by creating two adjustment layers at the top of the layers palette. One for colour balance and one for curves.Do some tests using these to find the B&W "Colour" and tonality you like. Make a note of what works and then use these adjustment layers whenever you print.You may want to make a small file (maybe 200 pixels square) that opens really quickly with these 2 adjustment layers in it. Then drag them onto the picture you're working with before you print. (Adjustment layers have no resolution)If you are getting a colour-cast in the shadows only or in the highlights only, (Crossed curves) then you need to correct that in the curves layer by switching (In the little window at the top of the curves palette) from RGB to the channel where the problem is. Drag the bottom point to the right or the top point to the left ever so slightly to make the correction.If it's a really complicated situation you may have to mess with the curve (Unlikely) to fix it. Dragging the curve (Lighter) will increase the colour and dragging it down (Darker will decrease the colour.IE: the green curve will give more green if you pull it up and more magenta if you pull it down. remember to put anchor points on the curve so that you only change the part you need to.hope this helpsI have an HP PhotoSmart 8250 with which my prime interest is printing B&W
photos. I'd appreciate your suggestions for how to achieve true gray tones.
I've had a few come out that way but I haven't found a way to make it
consistent.
Thanks!
Elliot BerlinHerschel Mair
Head of the Department of Photography,Higher College of Technology
Muscat
Sultanate of OmanAdobe Certified instructor+ (986) 99899 673
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