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Re: [OM] Got a new (OT) squeeze; my poor pooch

Subject: Re: [OM] Got a new (OT) squeeze; my poor pooch
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:10:36 -0500
I've tried it both ways and don't find it makes a nickel's worth of
difference with VS.  Ed H. might have thought of all this when he built
the toggles to allow grayscale scanning, no?

Joel W.  

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I'm not Moose and I don't know the answer but I can speculate that an 
> RGB scan with conversion in PhotoShop might be better.  My reasoning is 
> that the scanner itself is an RGB device so the scan is happening in RGB 
> to begin with.  Either scanner firmware or scanner software is 
> controlling the conversion to gray scale.  It might very well be that 
> the individual color channels have more or less sensitivity to the light 
> produced by the scanner and the manner in which they are combined might 
> make a difference.
> 
> If I had a scanner setup at the moment I'd try it but I don't.  Also, 
> the results could well vary by scanner and control software.  Perhaps 
> Ken will be along soon to explain his reasoning.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 6/20/2012 5:34 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> >> You are conflating bit depth with color. There is exactly the same reason
> >> to work in 16 bit in B&W as in color.
> 
> > OK, I have no problem with that.  I can select RGB or Grayscale and work
> > in 16bit with either.  Ken suggested scanning in RGB and then converting
> > the scan to grayscale in PS.  That seems to me to add an unnecessary
> > step.  What do you think?

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