Duotone vs monotone
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- Calderone2000
I'm designing a book that has a lot of black & white photography in it (the rest is text set in 100% K).
What's the best way to use duotones to reproduce b/w photo's with as much dynamic range as possible? I guess it's better than going for the monotone, right?
- sted0
ps convert profile -> duotone -> black only
result will be monotone.
- gonzalle0
duotone with direct tones ? is price an issue ?
- Calderone20000
Price is an issue but i have the possibility to use two printing plates... One plate, with only black for the photo's will make them look a bit bland. What spot color do i give the second plate for more dynamic reproduction of black/white photo's?
- honestly , you should just ask the printer, but I've heard people using a spot black as a second hit on top of the 100% Kmonospaced
- thx for the tip monoCalderone2000
- i_monk1
Make sure you don't crush those blacks.
- scarabin1
a light silver underneath would look cool if the project lent itself to that sort of thing
- Gnash1
as mono said, ask your printer. In my experience printing b+w art books we used either a duotone of black and grey, or sometimes tritones with black and 2 greys, if the budget allowed
- note that working with only 2 blacks is much harder to get the screens right as it's so dependant on the photo - high key, low key, etc. need to adjust for eachGnash
- working with black and a grey is easier.Gnash
- the benefit of the grey is you can use it as a spot throughout -- if the signatures allow it.Gnash