hansformat
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Quick question.
I scan my black and white negatives and print them digitally. I am trying to find a tone that comes close to what I used to get with Forte Polygrade 5 in the darkroom. I would describe that as a cool to cold tone.
I have experimented with the Hue settings and have made the image cooler than the standard (which is slightly warm). However, it doesn't really match a true cool tone fiber print. For those who use Photoshop (I use Photoshop Elements), can you offer any advise as to what settings you use to achieve a cool/cold tone?
If it matters, the inputs are:
Film: Tri-X
Scanner: Nikon 5000 ED
Software: Nikon Scan
Process: Scan as 16 bit greyscale
Manipulate in Photoshop Elements
Printer: HP 8450
Thanks
Jason.
Quick question.
I scan my black and white negatives and print them digitally. I am trying to find a tone that comes close to what I used to get with Forte Polygrade 5 in the darkroom. I would describe that as a cool to cold tone.
I have experimented with the Hue settings and have made the image cooler than the standard (which is slightly warm). However, it doesn't really match a true cool tone fiber print. For those who use Photoshop (I use Photoshop Elements), can you offer any advise as to what settings you use to achieve a cool/cold tone?
If it matters, the inputs are:
Film: Tri-X
Scanner: Nikon 5000 ED
Software: Nikon Scan
Process: Scan as 16 bit greyscale
Manipulate in Photoshop Elements
Printer: HP 8450
Thanks
Jason.
wray
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You might want to try duo/tri/quad toning in photoshop. You can get from warm to neutral to cold tones. See here for intstructions:http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=23
hansformat
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This would be a very good suggestion...IF I had the full Photoshop. I just have Photoshop Elements and it doesn't have this full duotone functionality.
What I am looking for is probably some combination of settings of Hue and Saturation.
There are sites on the web which seem to give approx settings for Sepia tone...but what I want is cool/cold tone and I am having trouble perfecting it.
thanks
jas
What I am looking for is probably some combination of settings of Hue and Saturation.
There are sites on the web which seem to give approx settings for Sepia tone...but what I want is cool/cold tone and I am having trouble perfecting it.
thanks
jas
hansformat
Member
For those that are interested, I found a site with the answer!
http://www.chainstyle.com/tutorials/sepia.html
It has suggestions for sepia, cool, etc.
http://www.chainstyle.com/tutorials/sepia.html
It has suggestions for sepia, cool, etc.
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