RE: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED

["Jawed Ashraf" <Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk>]

Well, actually, since USM is about the last thing I do to an image (hmm, I
hardly ever use it), it seems quite reasonable to go to 8 bits then do USM
and finalise.

RGB->LAB->RGB is innocuous, though, isn't it?

CMYK->LAB->CMYK isn't innocuous as far as I know, but that's mostly to do
with the fact that CMYK is "broken" isn't it (any conversion to CMYK is
going to "lose" quality)?  If someone has a source of detailed info on this,
I'd be fascinated to read some more.

Jawed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Robert E. Wright
> Sent: 07 July 2001 05:56
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED
>
>
> Well, that brings up a whole new subject. Since your are going to
> convert to
> 8 bit mode for final output, I think that better than doing Mode changes,
> although I'm not put out much by that either. Such discussions (16 bit
> editing vs 8 bit, and mode changes back and forth) are too much theory and
> to little actual perception in the image.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jawed Ashraf <Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:48 PM
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Nikon 8000ED
>
>
> > Ah, you have to be in 8-bit mode to do the fade - something I avoid like
> the
> > plague...  Still that's nice, PS making a virtual layer for you for the
> last
> > operation.  Hmm...
> >
> > Jawed