Re: Re: Faux pyro for Epson 1280

It's called a photoshop action. You can record a series of steps that can be
repeated with a single button push. Search photoshop help using the keywords
"action"
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From: <res1dvao@verizon.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Faux pyro for Epson 1280

> How do you do all the steps in one push of a button? I have looked all
through the books and can't find anything about a "script". What does
Photoshop call this so I can look it up?
>
> George
> >
> > From: Clay Harmon <wcharmon@wt.net>
> > Date: 2004/04/26 Mon PM 05:05:47 GMT
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Re: Faux pyro for Epson 1280
> >
> > Sandy:
> >
> > I have been using this method with great success for several months.
> > First, my two-cent theory on why this is working so well on the 1280: I
> > noticed after making a boatload of negatives that this color scheme
> > drains the color inks from the cartridge at nearly identical rates.
> > This is in contrast to the orange colorization method, which, of
> > course, uses the yellow and magenta colors disproportionately. Could
> > it be the fact that the ALL the heads/nozzles/jets are laying down ink
> > that I am getting the smoother highlight gradation versus the orange
> > spectral density negatives?
> >
> > In regard to the 8 bit vs 16 bit question, I do all my editing AND do
> > the contrast adjustment curve in 16-bit mode, and then switch to 8-bit
> > mode for the last indexed color step. I have tried 'curving' my image
> > in 8bit mode, and the results are much less satisfactory when I move on
> > to the color indexing step. So I would recommend a slight deviation
> > from Keith's instructions and make sure and apply the curve in 16bit
> > mode, and only convert to 8bit right before you do the color indexing
> > step. I have created a photoshop action that does all these steps with
> > a single button push, so the whole thing is basically brainless at this
> > point.
> >
> > I HIGHLY encourage anyone with a 1280 to try this method. IME, it is
> > bomb-proof.
> >
> > Clay
> > On Apr 26, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Sandy King wrote:
> >
> > > Don,
> > >
> > > Thanks for posting the link to Keith Schreiber's site.
> > >
> > > I have a question and wonder if Kerik or anyone else who makes
> > > negatives this way might address. Most everyone indicates that there
> > > are considerably benefits from starting with a 16-bit file and keeping
> > > it in 16-bit all the way through printing. But Keith's method appears
> > > to require conversion of the 16-bit file to 8-bit for color indexing.
> > > Is there something unique about color indexing that reduces or
> > > eliminates the disadvantages that normally ensue from conversion of
> > > files from 16-bit to 8-bit?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Since last week's e-mails covering Keith Schreiber's colorization
> > >> method for
> > >> ink jet negatives I have discovered that Keith has now updated his
> > >> web site
> > >> with an illustrated explanation of his inkjet negative workflow.
> > >>
> > >> Visit Keith's website and get the details.
> > >>
> > >> http://jkschreiber.com/
> > >>
> > >> Don Bryant
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Apr 28 16:23:05 2004