You said:
>One has to truly understand the concept of densitometry, how RGB
>corresponds to densitometry, and how dye/pigment imperfection affects this
mapping. Otherwise we can only talk about cook-book type discussion like
>setting this value to this or that, etc. If we talk too much into details,
>then it might make the whole group feel like this is just another computer
>newsgroup. Sorry if I am wrong to think this way. If you do have specific
>question, I will try my best to answer if I do know the answer.
To those of us who are acquiring our first Photoshop and printers, although we
may have years of experience of alternative processes, it is very frustrating to
be given the recipes without understanding the principles involved. Many of us
do alternative processes partly because we do not like doing things acording to
the book. As you say understanding the concepts is important. Friends happily
babble on about CMYK and RGB and what various things do but unless I understand
the concepts, the skeleton, I find it difficult to put flesh on the bones. I am
reading and listening at the moment hoping to acquire the knowledge to ask
sensiblequestions. Please keep talking as you do.
This digital thread is very useful to those of us without education or
experience in this area. If those who are are contributing can benefit from any
expertise those of us listening may have in thealternative processes themselves
then that is one of the great strengths of this list.
Terry King