Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perahps not really for the leica list - but nothing much else seems to be :-)) If you want a choice of tones in Photoshop go Image-Mode-Duotone and try the various ready made tones, most of my choices come from 'quadtones' - if using PS5.5 the gray quadtone (3rd down the list in my version - BlCG10 WmG4 CC3) gives an almost neutral b/w print from my epson 1200 while the various quadtones under the 'process' quadtones give a variety of sepia like possibilities BTW there is a 'digital silver' list (accessed via ww.topica.com) which was started by Johnny Deadman hope this helps Regards Clive Sanbrook - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 22 March 2001 16:29 Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Sepia with Epson > Thanks Doug for your explanation. You got to the end result differently > than I thought... but compared to me you are a genius. If your technique is > primitive ....mine is pre- Jurassic... I am going to take a fairly > sophisticated course in Photoshop actually starting next week...which should > bring me up to the primitive level...wheeeee-what fun . > ----- Steve > > ----- kididdoc@home.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Cooper" <douglas@dysmedia.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:54 AM > Subject: [Leica] Re: Sepia with Epson > > > > On 3/21/01 10:11 PM, Leica Users digest expressed the following: > > > > > > > > Doug..I just looked at your beautifully toned images.. nice work. almost > > > sepia toned. I wondered if they were color balanced in Photoshop using a > > > color balance??...Scala is a "color process" film I believe ...and maybe > > > that's why they have this appearance...vs a grey scale balance that > would > > > render them more typically B&W in appearance....? > > > - ----- Steve > > > > > > Hey, thanks Steve. Frankly, all I see myself when I look at those images > is > > egregious color fringing (but we're all a bit too critical when we're > > cooking up the stuff ourselves). My technique is laughably primitive -- I > > > >