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Originally Posted by Mark Lovett
Garth,
Whether one is a huge fan of photo realism or not, the degree of skill and dedication required to paint such a finish is enormous and unobtainable by most, so hats off to you! This is quite an accomplishment, and a beautiful piece of work. I would love to come visit you in your studio and see the mad scientist at work next time I'm in the Philly area.
On another post I saw how you coordinated your grey scale with Photoshop and I wonder if you could tell me how this is done or perhaps refer me to a thread where this is already discussed. At this point, I dont even know how to get Photoshop to identify the values of an image.
Thanks much,
Mark
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Hi Mark,
Well for starters, I generated a 101-level grayscale in Photoshop (a time-consuming task) that I carefully calibrated for my printer.
As for identifying digital value levels in Photoshop, the tab next to the Navigator menu is the Information menu. The menu will automatically display the value readout of wherever the cursor is on the image. I find it helpful to convert to L.a.b. scale instead of RGB (for 101 levels). Don't get too excited about this technology though; it is better to sort through all these value relationships with your own eyes when painting. Painting by numbers is a sure way to make your painting degrade into a bad copy of a photograph. On the other hand, it is useful for studying and comparing value relationships in the photo reference. Just don't copy this blindly onto the canvas. Interpretation is needed.
I hope this helps answer your questions.
Garth