Separating Photographs for Duotone Printing

[cvreeland]

Well, it's actually a Quadtone, + a highlight white. I just finished up a blog post with a video detailing the steps I took to separate a scan of a black & white negative to print as a halftone job. I use the duotone settings in Photoshop to add a grey to control dot gain, & an orange & tan to give the photo an antique sepiatone tint.

http://art-wear.org/blog/?p=614

(iMovie is a PITA!)

[Dottonedan]

I like the vid and you have a great blog.  The vid is packed with great content.


As a side note, firts let me say, I don't have any room to critique since I don't update my blog much at all nor do I produce videos at all, let alone good ones. So I apologies if I sound like I know it all. I don't.  ...but that never stopped anyone before. 


The impact or draw of the vid, seems lacking in todays world only because of the high action, animation and sound we are now accustom to today. At every vid I see, I'm waiting to here it. Maybe it's just me but I understand much more and will be captivated by sound.


Other than that, what a great vid for content.


Thanks
Dan

[cvreeland]

If today's kids need flashing lights,  fast-edits & techno music in order to learn something, let 'em be ignorant. Mostly, I hate doing voice-over stuff, it adds an extra pain/layer to just finishing the dang thing (It took a month in my "spare" time, as it is) & I just wanted to get it done. iMove is a real pain, & I can't afford Final Cut Pro, so it is what it is.

I don't care about a bunch of ~~**!!WOW!!**~~ L@@K!! crap, trying to draw eyeballs in, since I'm not trying to make money off the blog -- just feel like setting some of this stuff in my head down in writing before I up and die of a heart attack. 

[Dottonedan]

Understood. I feel ya on the time and pain.


I can't seem to set myself down and do one. In addition, like I just did. Every time I do one, someone comes and critiques how it was done rather than looking at the value of the content for someone. I see your value in it and probably most will sit and read it. For me, I didn't read a thing and just watched your actions so I ma have missed something important.


For sound, It seems important to a few of them that I am directing it to. The potential target audience. So I listen and take it in and figure, yeah, some time in the next 5 years, I'll get back to fixing mine for ya.  LOL.  We can't please everyone, but yea, sound is an important part of a tutorial. It helps them get inside your head as to what your doing or why.


I'm not a tutorial reader.   So maybe I'm not your target audience. I understand that many need to read it, see it and hear it to fully grasp everything.  Just mentioning it.  Whadda I know?  Not much. I'm not an expert on tutorial building.