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Howdy folks,
I USE PHOTOSHOP 7.0+
(may have installed patch if any)
I have just recently started
doing 2 tabloid newspapers for a
couple of different non-profit
groups again.
I used to send HARD COPY
with the photos and let the
printer SCREEN them and
strip them in but now have
the software equivalent of
QUARK EXPRESS or InDesign
to make electronic PDFs.
I have successfully produced
two papers already but am not
satisfied completely with the
black and white pictures. They
are a bit too dark in a couple
of cases.
I need to know how to reduce
the black in the shadow areas
on some of my pictures (OR ALL)
in that in my most recent issue a
couple of the pictures were too dark
in the shadow areas.
Could you give me exact directions
as in:
1. Got to IMAGES => Adjustments
2. Select => CURVES… etc.
(I am just guessing here that I
can take the shadow curve down
a few points on the right hand side
and tweak the midtones as desired
to change it from a straight diagonal
line to a curve that looks something
like y=2/3x -2 or such?)
Or is there some other way I need
to do it, and then how can I proof
it myself rather than waiting for a
galley from the printer?
Don Boring
Glendora, CA USA
I USE PHOTOSHOP 7.0+
(may have installed patch if any)
I have just recently started
doing 2 tabloid newspapers for a
couple of different non-profit
groups again.
I used to send HARD COPY
with the photos and let the
printer SCREEN them and
strip them in but now have
the software equivalent of
QUARK EXPRESS or InDesign
to make electronic PDFs.
I have successfully produced
two papers already but am not
satisfied completely with the
black and white pictures. They
are a bit too dark in a couple
of cases.
I need to know how to reduce
the black in the shadow areas
on some of my pictures (OR ALL)
in that in my most recent issue a
couple of the pictures were too dark
in the shadow areas.
Could you give me exact directions
as in:
1. Got to IMAGES => Adjustments
2. Select => CURVES… etc.
(I am just guessing here that I
can take the shadow curve down
a few points on the right hand side
and tweak the midtones as desired
to change it from a straight diagonal
line to a curve that looks something
like y=2/3x -2 or such?)
Or is there some other way I need
to do it, and then how can I proof
it myself rather than waiting for a
galley from the printer?
Don Boring
Glendora, CA USA
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