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davidkachel
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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 Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: Toning B&W photographs making me nuts |
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I thought I had this problem solved but no...
I work exclusively in B&W photographs and tone them brown.
Toning is the last step before printing so that image manipulation does not alter the color.
I use a solid color fill layer with the mode set to color.
Attached is a photo each side of which is from a different image colored identically. As you can see there is a drastic difference.
There must be some way to color a B&W photograph and get exactly the same color from the same printer every time.
Have had this problem both in CS3 and 4, both on the Mac, with an hp B9180 printer.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated as this problem is wasting a great deal of time, ink and paper.
TIA
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combiBob
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
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Location: Florida
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You already know this one. The grayscale images aren't identical. So why would the colorized versions of them be identical?
I do these the same way as you. I have to line them up, adjust with curves and use the info palette to make sure they're as close as they can be to each other.
Unfortunately, it seems they're always in a "series", or in the same feature of a magazine, right next to each other.
Sorry. No magic "easy" button.
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davidkachel
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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Not sure I follow you Bob.
The one on the left is green. The one on the right is brown. Why would differences in their respective gray scales have anything to do with it?
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combiBob
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:39 am Post subject: |
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Provided the color you're using is the same in both images, the only thing that can make them different is the BW under it. One may have more contrast, be darker or lighter. All of which will change what your solid layer colors.
They have to be flattened and color corrected to match each other.
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