On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:45:51 -0800 "Juan Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Right. As others pointed out, chances are that your jpegs are pretty > good to begin with--ie, little or no adjustments are necessary before > printing. If you were to do a lot of levels/curves stuff, plus maybe > some dodging/burning, you'd want to have all 16 bits per channel. > > Even if you start with an 8 bit image, it's best to make it 16 bit > before making any adjustments--that way, you're not clamping values at > each step. The original point was, there's no way to do this in Gimp. There is software that does do it on linux now. I would expect gimp to have it soon. > j (who this year got CS3 through a friend of a friend at Adobe--$60!) > > > On Dec 24, 2007 1:41 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Juan Buhler" > > Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me > > > > > > > > >> For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and > > >> repeatable results from multiple printing options, Linux is Not There > > >> Yet. > > > > > > I do agree with that. Funny that someone who refuses to use a lossy > > > compression format would process his images in an 8-bit program. That > > > point made me smile. > > > > We've tested this at the studio. With the equipment we are using (Noritsu > > digital wet lab), there is little if any visible difference between a print > > made from an 8 bit jpeg and a 16 bit RAW file, presuming that the image > > falls within the range of the jpeg. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Ben 'Polyhead' Smith KE7GAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
