Re: [artworks] greyscale preview

  • From: Richard Travers <richtm@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:12:05 +0000 (GMT)

In article <d52ce6d450.jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Jim Nagel (lists) <jim2.nagel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> is there a more elegant way of seeing what my artwork is going to look 
> like when printed in mono, so that i can adjust colours if necessary 
> to give decent contrast?

> my present workaround is to export as Gif (the only one of the export 
> options offering greyscale palette) and then view the Gif in another 
> app such as David Pilling's !scan.

> i could work in shades of grey to begin with, of course, but the 
> artwork will also end up on the Archive CD, where it can be colour.

You could, of course, set your monitor to greyscale(Boot>Configure>Screen)
to view the artwork. I don't know how well this matches what is printed. You
might like to experiment.

R.

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