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Re: [Digital BW] Converting to B&W Workflow question

2002-07-30 by Tim Spragens

> I currently am using PS Elements as I can't afford Photoshop and
> frankly, my prints are pretty damn good, but I've seen references to
> using the channel mixer instead of simply switching the mode to
> greyscale. What are the differences in desaturating an image when
> switching to greyscale?

If going from scans of color film, the option to filter in color. If 
from scans of black and white, the ability to either pick the best 
channel, or blend the channels to balance some of the noise.

Tim


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