Nick I recommend he obtain the book: The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography, by Michael Freeman, Lark Books, New York/London. It is well written, easy to follow, coves all the B&W workflow aspects - from shooting to PS manipulation through to printing, including various PS approaches to B&W conversion [surprised the school focus on desaturation - “desaturate’ is a very, very, very basic technique and not a very good one], including the pros and cons of using Nik Silver Efex Pro, and PS black & white adjustment layers, etc. Glenn > On Dec 5, 2014, at 10:20 PM, Nick Payne njhp94@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > My recommendation would be to have a look at Silver Efex Pro from Google's Nik Collection. Can be used either stand-alone or as a Photoshop/Lightroom plug-in:https://www.google.com/nikcollection/products/silver-efex-pro/ <https://www.google.com/nikcollection/products/silver-efex-pro/> > > On 05/12/2014 02:05, dannyraphael@... <mailto:dannyraphael@...> [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] wrote: >> >> My son teen age has shown an interest in learning how to craft BW prints. He uses Photoshop CC (through school) and the method taught in class is "desaturate." >> >> >> If I wanted to get my son some further education on this topic, I'd appreciate recommendations and guidance in this regard for: >> >> * Books (hard copy) >> >> * Online classes >> >> * ebooks >> >> * website suggestions >> >> * other >> >> >> Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Wishing all of you a blessed holiday season. >> >> >> Danny Raphael >> > > >
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Re: [Digital BW] Color to BW: resources for learning how
2014-12-08 by Glenn Bloodworth