Re: [Leica] Was - Photoshop playing -Now-Digital Darkroom

["Doug Lee" <drlee9@earthlink.net>]

Thank you to everyone who offered advice/opinion. I have much to research
and ponder.

Regards,
Doug

Douglas Richard Lee
Cinnaminson, NJ
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From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Was - Photoshop playing -Now-Digital Darkroom


> Hi Doug,
>
> > I have a question related to the digital vs. wet darkroom. How close can
a
> > digital B&W print get to a wet darkroom print?
>
> They are two very different mediums...but, that said, I can print inkjet
> prints that are very close to my wet darkroom prints...but I don't want
to.
> What I CAN do with digital is two things important to me in image quality
> that I can't do with a wet darkroom (at least near as easy).  One is
> setpoints, which means I can set the black point and the white point...and
> all my valid image data lies in between.  Second is tonal curves (which is
> similar to dodging and burning plus a whole lot more), for example, I can
> "bring in" my shadow detail, yet leave the rest of the entire image with
the
> same tonal ratios.
>
> I actually prefer, for B&W, the digital methodology, though I spend the
past
> year 30 years in a wet darkroom!
>
> > I am trying to decide whether to build a small home darkroom or
breakdown
> > and learn photoshop.
>
> Neither.  You do NOT need to learn Photoshop to create exceptional B&W
> digital (or color for that matter) images.  You DO need to learn how to
use
> the scanner driver, as in set the setpoints, and apply tonal curves.  For
> me, Photoshop is merely for dust spotting (rarely BTW), and for
> sizing/printing the image.  I do NOT sharpen (the need to not sharpen
seems
> to be a property of my high end scanner and how it scans B&W using a
neutral
> density filter, instead of how typical scanners scan B&W using RGB, and
> converting).
>
> All the bells and whistles in PS will do nothing to give you exception B&W
> images.  I am not saying there is anything lost by learning how to use
them,
> but you do not need to use them.
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin
>
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