The Proof of Piezography oct 1, 2016 It can be helpful to have a reference image to print and check your Piezography system, or compare to other systems. This “Proof of Piezography” image consists of a fine line section to check detail, ... calibration featured piezography workflow Lee mas
Piezography Curve Adjustment Tool sep 12, 2016 In early March of 2016 we introduced our new digital negative system we call PiezoDN [1] . Along with its amazing ability to make digital negatives for any darkroom process, we added a small tool cal... calibration featured piezography development piezography products Lee mas
Debunking a Workflow Myth abr 10, 2016 !!! I missed last Friday! So sorry everyone. We’ll I’ve been wanting to get this off my shoulders for while so here goes. A while back (2004 to be exact) I invented the Luminance/Color mode curve laye... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Perception of Black abr 6, 2016 Black color (warm or cool), paper texture, light angle, and light temperature, can all effect the visual darkness of a print. It's possible to take a matte print, that is printed and framed correctly,... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
8bit to 16bit abr 5, 2016 *This one is complicated and brief. It may make more questions come my way, but here goes.* You can convert 8bit color images into 16bit color images that act (a bit) like 16bit images if the original... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Adobe RGB Default abr 3, 2016 This is a no-brainer but it constantly trips people up. The first thing you want to do when you install Photoshop on a new computer/system is go to Edit>Color Settings and set the RGB working space fr... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
New Sensors mar 31, 2016 Top camera sensors are now equal or better than camera lenses. That means all the old-world film-era gab about good lenses now applies again. But a good lens is not always about sharpness . . . . At l... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Printers & Sensors . . . . mar 29, 2016 On most Epson (and many non-espon) printers, most body sensors are “flip lever” sensors. That means that you can pretty much stick a pencil or folded piece of paper in any sensor-area of the printer t... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
How Warm is Warm? mar 28, 2016 This one is from the direct observation of many “calibrated” environments . . . . We see color emitting from a modern monitor differently than color reflecting off a piece of paper. Our biological whi... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
L*a*b* Color Space mar 24, 2016 Today’s hint is much shorter than yesterday’s. Nearly every CMYK and RGB color space is defined by a physical thing in real life (IRL). Adobe RGB encompasses what we deem acceptable maximum color gamu... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
Tonal Selection & Curves mar 23, 2016 A tonal selection curve is always more complicated than a master (or base) curve. (The master base curve on this example image is shown above.) Use the tonal selector tool on a new curve adjustment ... helpful hint of the day Lee mas
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 Lee mas