Digital BW, The Print

On Apr 14, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:

> I'm a bw film photographer & need to learn how to print my scanned
> negs digitally. In CS4, I've discovered that if I open my scanned
> tiff's in Adobe Camera Raw, I can find pretty much all the adjustments
> I need (mostly exposure & contrast) to keep my street look. I then
> save the adjustments, open the file in Photoshop, probably apply a
> gradient & then straight to print. It seems like I'm missing a world
> of Photoshop possibilities, but if I tool around too much in PS, the
> shots look too studied. Is anyone else using the simplified approach?

Lightroom would be the usual tool for this, and will allow printing as  
well, so that, for your uses, Photoshop might be reserved for special  
occasions...

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...


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