Raw Scanning Workflow Mar 21, 2016 The master curve of an inverted image is (roughly) done with the following steps: Shadows, Highlights, Mid-tones, then final edit of Shadows. 1. Invert the image (Command or Control “I”) 2. Add a curv... helpful hint of the day Read more
First Rule of Scanning Mar 20, 2016 For many of you on this list, this will be repeat. But it still needs to be written down. The first rule of BW negative scanning is to scan RAW. Get the scan to be as close to the original negative as... helpful hint of the day Read more
Rendering Intents Mar 18, 2016 There's always a lot of confusion about what rendering intents are. They exist because printers (the machines) usually can't produce as much color gamut as a light-emitting monitor can. There are vari... helpful hint of the day Read more
PDFs Mar 16, 2016 This one might be more widely known than other little tricks that I’ve shown of-late but here goes. In OS X you can PDF anything that you can print. Just go File>Print and select “Save as PDF” at the ... helpful hint of the day Read more
Lightroom & Organization Mar 15, 2016 The quickest and laziest way to organize your digital life is to dump an entire external hard-drive right over an open Lightroom 6 window and then click “import.” Lightroom will scroll through the e... helpful hint of the day Read more
The True Cost of Big Prints redux Jun 24, 2012 In a recent article by Jon Canfield in Digital Photo Pro called “ The True Cost of Big Prints [1] “, Canfield sets the entry cost of an Epson 9900 with 700ml ink tanks and a roll each of Epson Exhibit... 7900 / 990conecolor conecolor pro inkthrift Read more
4900 Refillable carts update Mar 15, 2012 ConeColor PRO HDR inks in the Epson 4900 We have been working on this project for more than half a year. We’ve tested a wide variety of 4900 single use and refillable products that are being sold as “... conecolor conecolor hdr new products Read more
ConeColor Pro Mar 15, 2012 None [1] We’ve completely reformulated the ConeColor ink line to bring the technology required by the ConeColor HDR inks right on down and across the ConeColor K3 and K3V ink lines. We’ve finally adde... conecolor conecolor pro new products Read more
Piezography Digital Negative kit Oct 3, 2011 UPDATE: Piezography Digital Negative has taken a GIANT leap forward and is now called PiezoDN. Read more about it here: https://piezography.com/piezodn/about-piezodn/ [1] <OLDER CONTENT> We bundled a... digital negative new products piezography Read more
Epson R3000, R2000 and Pro 4900 update Sep 13, 2011 We are zeroing in on cartridges for the Epson Pro 4900, R3000 and R2000 printers. One of our main suppliers has accomplished the two new desktop chips and is just a short time away from perfecting th... cartridges conecolor new products piezography Read more
Piezography for X900!?! Mar 13, 2011 WOW! This is totally unexpected. Roy Harrington (author of QTR) reported last week “Interesting development. I got a hold of a 7900 briefly so I could try the QTR driver. — the method was just to use... 7900 / 990 new products piezography Read more