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From: Hraban <angerweit@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Duotone
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 21:58:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A314B6F.E5AC4055@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200012070830.JAA00922@plane.elvenkind.com>

siep@elvenkind.com wrote:
> I read in a book on Photoshop that duotones let you bring out more tonal
> detail: you pick response curves for the different channels that
> exaggerate contrast in different tonal ranges. In contrast, a fake
> duotone will just lose you tonal detail. Which doesn't mean that you
> should never use it, but you are trading decorative effect against
> quality of rendering.

That's true.
Real duotones, that enlarge your tonal range need someone who knows
what he's doing... (High end reproduction)
Colored duplex (triples, quadruplex) pictures that should only look
like something need a similar working method but are a rather different
task.

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Grüßlis vom Hraban!
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2000-12-08 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-05 14:04 Duotone Michal Kvasnicka
2000-12-05 20:16 ` Duotone Hraban
2000-12-06  9:18   ` Duotone Taco Hoekwater
2000-12-06 16:47     ` Duotone Hraban
2000-12-07  9:32       ` Duotone siep
2000-12-07  8:58         ` Duotone Hans Hagen
2000-12-08 20:58         ` Hraban [this message]
2000-12-06  9:26   ` Duotone Hans Hagen

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