On 2/6/07, David Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mat Maessen wrote: > > I cannot speak for Elements, but both Photoshop CS and CS2 have > > extensive 16-bit support. Not all functions are 16-bit ready, but a > > very useful subset of them are. > Do you know if this subset includes sharpening, curves and levels? > Those and cropping is what I use normally.
Yes, yes, and yes. Those are my usual tools of choice as well. The only limitation I've run into that's bitten me a bit is that you can convert to a 16-bit B&W image, but you have to make it 8-bit, if you want to make it into a duotone image. > Okay. Let's say I edit a RAW file in Lightrooom to may satisfaction, > save it for the purposes of printing. I save it in adobe colorspace, > and in what? If then I decide to smartsharpen the image in Gimp, save > as jpeg, then print, how would this differ from smartsharpening in PS > CS2, save as jpeg and print? I've not done extensive testing with sharpening, specifically. But a couple of issues: 1. Adobe RGB colorspace will probably look "weird" in the Gimp without some sort of color management to sort things out. How weird? Not sure. 2. How does your printer know how to sort out the colors from the Adobe RGB-based JPEG to match what you see on the screen? This is where real color management comes in. If you have a mac running OSX, it'll _probably_ work. On a windows box or under linux, all bets are off. > I am thinking of purchasing lightroom, and am wondering if it is worth > it to also buy PS CS2. I was going to wait to see what Gimp 2.4 offers, > and also, I am not sure anymore that I will be doing much editing > outside of Lightroom. I will most likely be purchasing lightroom myself. If nothing else, it speeds up and streamlines a lot of the workflow I do in Photoshop now. And in your situation, it'll provide the color management you need for printing. And it sounds like 99% of your editing as well. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
