RE: CMYK separations on Adobe Photoshop

I'll make a deal: IF the bickering ceases immediately, I will personally
make two gum prints, one using CMYK negatives and the other using RGB
negatives. OK? I am confident that this demonstration will prove that
neither has an advantage.

Keith - who, by opening a can of worms, inadvertently escalated this
controversy

(this may take awhile)

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Smigiel [mailto:jsmigiel@kvcc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:58 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: CMYK separations on Adobe Photoshop

>>> kthayer@pacifier.com 11/04/04 6:15 AM >>>
Joe Smigiel wrote:
>

>
> My statement never puts forth any absolute about which set is better.
> Nor did I ever say that people "should always convert to CMYK before
> printing separations" as you've implied.

Joe Smigiel wrote: (Sat Oct 30)
>
 As
> I've said and the image example shows, the colors are different in the
> final image than when you do a CMYK conversion and make separation
> negatives from those files. If you want a more accurate
transcription
> you should do the RGB to CMYK conversion.

>
> Leave me out of your posts in the future.

Don't worry.
Katharine

A convenient edit by Katharine Thayer in an apparent attempt to again
distort what I've actually said. But, If you read further into the
cited paragraph you'll see my admission that:

"... In a later post I did say I believed CMYK negatives gave more
"accurate" transcriptions. Having not seen any
visual evidence to the contrary (i.e., another side by side test of a
RGB vs. CMYK set of negatives printed in gum) I still hold that belief."

I have not seen any visual evidence to the contrary as of yet even
though I've asked several times now for evidence from Katherine Thayer
that supports her contradictory statement. Where is that visual
evidence?

Never did I say or recommend that people "should always convert to CMYK
before printing separations" as Katherine Thayer has again attributed to
me. I would never tell anyone that they "should always" do anything,
especially when it comes to gum printing. "If you want a more accurate
transcription you should do the RGB to CMYK conversion" is not the same
thing as people "should always convert to CMYK before printing
separations." A minor semantic difference perhaps, but to me an
important one.

Katharine, rather than wasting any more of the list's time with these
verbal distortions, why don't you simply provide visual supporting
evidence for your position as I have done? It could be your own
personal example...someone else's... anyone's?

Again, sorry to bother the list with this but since Ms. Thayer has
chosen to publicly distort my actual comments, I feel a need to defend
myself publicly as well.

But, I'm really tired of playing "He said, she said" so no more from me
on this. My apologies.

Joe
Received on Thu Nov 4 16:23:12 2004