Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning B&W negatives for Cone Piezography Printing
From: henry <henry@henryambrose.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:05:49 -0600
 
>I have recently acquired the gear for Cone Piezography printing in B&W.  The
>question I have is whether those of you who use this process scan files in
>tif or jpeg format.   Does one provide better files for working in
>Photoshop?   Also, do you scan in RGB or grayscale?  I'd appreciate any
>experience in this area.
>
>Thanks in advance for your comments.
>Regards,
>Charles Hehl
>
>
TIFF for sure!
Don't use jpeg except for the web.
Grayscale scans for B&W
Scan at the highest optical resolution of your scanner.
You might try scanning at 12 bit into Photoshop if your gear supports 
that.
That means no correction via your scanning software, you correct in 
Photoshop starting with Levels command.

Henry