Re: inkjet negs

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From: epona (acolyta@napc.com)
Date: 07/30/03-06:04:03 PM Z


Hi Mark,

Do I not only potentially have 256 tones since it is a grayscale image?
Should it have been scanned in CMYK?

Thanks,
Christine

Ender100@aol.com wrote:

> You need to start with a 16 bit image from a scanner or a camera.
> When you convert from 8 bit to 16 bit, you still only have potentially
> 256 tones.
>
> Mark Nelson
> In a message dated 7/30/03 5:13:38 PM, acolyta@napc.com writes:
>
>
>> Thanks for your suggestions. For this 16 bit business to work, don't I
>> have to start with a file scanned in 16 bit mode? I did try switching
>> to 16, doing all my corrections, and then printing. The resulting neg
>> didn't look much better. I guess I'll just have to keep messing with
>> the curves.
>>
>
>

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