Digital BW, The Print

on 8/1/02 12:31 PM, Doug I. wrote:

> Steve,
> Channel Mixer really can make a difference. What convinced me was recording
> a Photoshop Action to automatically create a grayscale snapshot  that's 100%
> red channel, then 100% green, then 100% blue. You can then easily flip
> between the 3 snapshots and clearly see how the results differ by channel
> (and therefore which channels to emphasize or de-emphasize in the final
> conversion). Obviously the results will be different in digital, but in 35mm
> it can make a dramatic difference in grain structure, skin tones, etc.
> Doug

Doug,

You might want to try taking your action one step further. I got this from
Jeff Schewe...

Make each channel a layer, this allows you to adjust the opacity of each
channel/layer, plus apply layer blend modes too. For instance, and this is
arbitrary, you could put the red channel above the green, set it's blend
mode to multiply, and it's opacity to 60%, the green channel could be set to
screen at 30%, etc...)

He finds it more intuitive, and powerful, than channel mixer.

Todd