Digital BW, The Print

Bonita,

it may be worth your while to also check shutterfly.com.  I have seen very good 
prints (color) that a friend got and I can imagine they will do well in bw too 
(within the limitations of using color materials for monochrome). 

Also, they are very clear about the materials and process they use: they 
expose Fuji Chrystal Archive in a Fuji Frontier machine. Chrystal Archive is 
pretty much the current standard for archival stability in color.

As for colorizing, since you are working in RGB already, it's a simple matter of 
creating colorizing layers (Hue/Sat with "colorize" checked) and make a mask 
that paints the effect on only the parts you need.

I would pay attention to your color management settings, too. I didn't see any 
info on profiles etc in ofoto, but shutterfly uses sRGB. Be careful that you 
match what they need especially for bw prints. 

Have fun!

Antonis





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "bonita9529" <bonita9529@y...> 
wrote:
> I have done some B & W conversion of gray scale of color photos. I 
> use Photoshop 7 or Paint shop Pro to tune them for contrast. I perfer 
> to send upload them to ofoto.com and have them print. I have been 
> happy with the quality. I use a Fujifilm 6900Z and the quality is 
> outstanding. I am always looking for tips on how to imporve my 
> photos.I also want to learn how to color tint portions of my B & W 
> Photos. Does anyone do this sort of thing? 
> Bonita