Re: UCR/GCR revisited
Re: UCR/GCR revisited
- Subject: Re: UCR/GCR revisited
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:39:49 -0700
- Thread-topic: UCR/GCR revisited
In a message dated 6/8/08 9:47 PM, Rick Gordon wrote:
> While I have no qualms with any of the other [deleted] aspects of Harold's
> letter, I'm not sure about the following sentence of the paragraph quoted
> below (or maybe I'm just misunderstanding).
>
>> Requirements of smoothness and continuity in all the separations require any
>> black generation strategy to be global in scope.
>
> It seems to me that there are different types of images that are optimized by
> different types of separation: screen captures or other types of images that
> fare best with a maximum black separation; 4-color grayscales, toned or
> neutral, that may benefit from a heavier-than-usual black generation; and
> perhaps other specific images that may benefit from a separation that
> incorporates heavier black generation (to add insurance against on-press
> casting) or lighter black generation (to eliminate black in key color ranges).
>
> Does that conflict with the statement above?
I don't think so, Rick.
The strategy that Harold is mentioning includes all those options you
indicate as viable solutions within a continuum of available choices, no
longer artificially separated by UCR/GCR/UCA concepts that have outlived
their usefulness.
That's the way I read it, anyway. :-)
Best.
Marco Ugolini
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