Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, August 11, 2002, 3:31:45 PM, bggilliand2001 wrote:

b> All,

b> I've got a testy image that I need to convert to a BW for quad 
b> printing. Lots of trouble with the skin tones. (wedding shot) I read 
b> through the posts and got some good ideas. The most interesting seems 
b> to be converting the channels into layers via the Jeff Schewe method. 
b> How do I do this? Can anyone point me to more info, or describe the 
b> process. That is, convert the channels into layers? Is this possible 
b> in 16 bit mode? Thanks in advance.

b> Barry Gilliand

Barry,

I have had great success with the Russell Preston Brown's "Seeing in
Black & White" conversion method which I learned of from this list.
More info can be found here:

<http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html>

It is not possible in 16-bit as it requires layers. And is pretty
simple, especially if you create your own action for it as I did. You
can do some levels/curves adjustment before converting and that can
usually work ok. And you can always go back to 16-bit if you require a
different adjustment, then apply the B&W action again and keep going.

Best regards,
 Richard  

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