Re: curves and gum and Christopher James book
Henry, it all depends how the curve data was gathered in the first place. Neither is right or wrong it's more a matter of workflow. I choose to apply my curves to the positive because I'm taking my readings from a developed positive. I also like to work in PS with the curve putting my highlights in the bottom left corner using the graphic scale of 0-100 rather than the binary scale of 0-255. The important thing is that you apply the curve to the image at the correct stage of the procedure. Dan Burkholder started doing it this, I also do it this way. It intuitive for me. Others apply the curve to the negative. ~m On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Henry Rattle <henry.rattle@ntlworld.com> wrote: However one thing puzzles me - there's a note alongside the curve which says
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