Digital BW, The Print

On 1/14/10 1:40 PM, Paul wrote:
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> Thanks, Roger, I wasn't familiar with that term ("ramp").
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> That's a great tip to get a selection of grays with which do
> spotting!. By Googling on "21 step gray scale" I found a way to create
> one in PhotoShop by performing a black -> white gradient and then
> posterizing that into 21 steps. Or do you know of somewhere I can
> download such a file?
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> Hmm... I do have a Kodak gray scale on heavy stock that I used to use
> doing darkroom copy work... I guess I could scan that and I'd have my
> step file, right?
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> Regards,
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> Paul
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You can download step wedges from any number of places. A Google search
will produce more than you may want.  Probably just as easy and perhaps
less chance of getting one someone modified is just to generate it in
Photo shop as you described. This is a fancier version but is really the
same thing:

http://www.jnevins.com/stepwedge.htm

Roger




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