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What gives here...Everything I do looks like crap (basicly...). Should I be using a plug in?? Mostly too much blue tint and not enough green for that charcoal B&W look.
HELP!!! INK and PAPER flowing like the tide here... What have you found to work best for you.
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Thanks guys. I really appreicate the help. I will try and post results. I am about to move this weekend so you know what that means. I got the Epson 2200, shoot with the Canon 10D and hit it with PS7. I am new to this but am getting some really great pic.s albeit my lighting has been just ok inside. When I see other B&W's they look completely different (better, more charcoal looking) than mine.Anyway best to you and I will advise.
Digital Art Supplies. They carry many kinds of papers and inks for the 2200 as well as my Epson 1280.We would be happy if you were to share some of your images, for us to view here.
Hi Joe,Happy to but I never did before at the aslyum and don't know how. I always wondered how everyone did.
Sorry to sound so dumb.
--is excellent,however when I am preparing clients work for Gallery quality B+W prints in PShop for Lambda/Iris printer output I do it this way----A : Open Image--leave in RGB
B: Make a Hue & Saturation Adj Layer click OK, and set blend mode to COLOR.
C: Make a second Hue & Saturation Adj Layer --set it's Saturation Slider at -100
click OK and blend Mode to NORMAL.D: Double click on the BOTTOM Hue & Sat Layer Thumbnail,and move the Hue slider of that Layer to adjust the Luminance and RGB color values in true Monochrome.
Once you have the tonal value in the B+W to your liking make a new Layer> Layer New---ABOVE your existing ones and press--
Shift> Option> Command> E Mac (Control> Shift Alt> E PC) to save your finished Print with your existing layers intact below.
Name this Final/etc and print from this Layer.
I agree with the other posters there are indeed other 'fish to fry' and I suggest you take some time to browse the many forums/sites on Color Mgmt/Monitor Calib/etc.
Good Luck and don't be too impatient--Once things come together you'll find PS is a great Program.
but trying to answer you on this forum , may be tedious. People answer back a week later!I need to learn more about your problem , better to give you an answer that helps.
However, if you are scanning in a color pic, then converting to grayscale. Then try converting using a better method like.
Go to image adjust - drop down to Channel Mixer, put a check in bottom for monochrome. Slide upper bars to the right side RGB.
They must add up to 100. Start with (in your case ) more green say 55- then red at 23, and lastly ,since you desire less blue- 22.
That adds to 100.You should see on your monitor a better B&W scale for your pic. Feel free to make any other numbers than what I gave you. It's your call, on how you like for it to look.
But these numbers give (photoshop to printer) better orders in which to print. Than the usual discard color to grayscale method.
If the print doesn't match the image on the screen - then you need to calibrate the monitor, and then you need to setup the color space for the printer and the image editing software.If your monitor is not calibrated, printing is pretty much a crapshoot as you end up adjusting the color in the image & trying to guess the output.
As you're seeing, ink + paper = money. Money spent on color calibration software and hardware is very quickly paid back. Look at the Colorvision website to see what they have - www.colorvision.com
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