photoshop question

[ann]

I hope this is the correct forum for this question!

I have scanned a few negatives today and was playing around with some duotones. When saving the file there isn't a tiff option, basically only psd files and i would like to save as tiff. Any suggestion on a work around?

Another strange thing, when opening with PS, the color is there and will print with color; if i use Qimage for printing, the image appears as black and white and of course prints that way. Sometimes computers drive me wild :confused: Just don't understand how the same file can switch tones, and i mean completely not just a slight change in color tones.

[Jim Moore]

Ann, I don't have access to Photoshop right now but can you "Export" your file as a tiff instead of "Save As"?

Jim

[ann]

don't know jim, i will give it a try. thanks.

[AllenR]

Ann,

At the bottom of the Save As dialog screen is a field next to which it says "Format:". Clicking on that field brings up a list of formats in which you can save the image, including TIFF.

[Don Bryant]

I hope this is the correct forum for this question!

I have scanned a few negatives today and was playing around with some duotones. When saving the file there isn't a tiff option, basically only psd files and i would like to save as tiff. Any suggestion on a work around?

Another strange thing, when opening with PS, the color is there and will print with color; if i use Qimage for printing, the image appears as black and white and of course prints that way. Sometimes computers drive me wild :confused: Just don't understand how the same file can switch tones, and i mean completely not just a slight change in color tones.

Ann,

After you complete your edits in Photoshop convert the Duotone file to RGB then you can save it as a TIF. Image->Mode->RGB Color.

Don

[ann]

thanks folks, i knew someone here would come up with something.

jim, just to let you know, your suggestion didn't work. just some feedback.

allen, thanks for your suggestion; however, in duotone mode that option does not appear.

Don, worked like a charm.

thanks to everyone for helping me problem solve.

ann

[bob carnie]

Hi Ann

I print a lot of images in black and white that I want to have a effect much like that of a traditional print that I tone in many ways.

I find that by keeping in RGB and going to either curves or colour balance I can drive the shadows to one colour and drive the highlights to another and add colour to mid to accent the look.

I find by keeping in rgb and playing this way the effects are much more subtle and controlable

[ann]

Hi Ann

I print a lot of images in black and white that I want to have a effect much like that of a traditional print that I tone in many ways.

I find that by keeping in RGB and going to either curves or colour balance I can drive the shadows to one colour and drive the highlights to another and add colour to mid to accent the look.

I find by keeping in rgb and playing this way the effects are much more subtle and controlable

great tip, thanks.

my next learning adventure is to do something as we do with split toning and this might be very helpful.

ann

[Mike Richards]

After PS actions, you may have multiple layers or a single layer that is not named "background." You need to flatten the image so that you have only one background layer, and it must be titled "background." Then save as the others have suggested. Your file format options are also somewhat limited if you are in 16 bit mode. You need to convert to 8 bit to save as a jpeg, but will lose some of the original photo information.

[ann]

lol lol lol

ah layers, what a mystery to me.

i never save as a jpeg always tiff and in 16 channel mode.