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RE: [Digital BW] Converting color images to grayscale

2002-09-07 by Shire,Stanley

I've recently been using the "Convert to BW Pro" plug from 
www.theimagingfactory.com <http://www.theimagingfactory.com/> 
It give me a bit more control than any of the previous methods I've
used. (i.e. channel mixer, Russell Brown's two hue/sat layers, etc.)
I think they may have a demo download
 
 
Stan Shire
Associate Professor/Department Chair
Photographic Imaging
Community College of Philadelphia
Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
 
215 751-8320
sshire@...
-----Original Message-----
From: bensongary [mailto:bensonga@...] 
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:15 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Converting color images to grayscale
 
I've always used the Photoshop Image->Mode command when I needed to 
convert a color image to grayscale, but I've seen various references 
to other software used for this purpose.  I'd appreciate any 
information on what software I might consider as an alternative to 
Photoshop for this purpose and also any technical info on what the 
software is doing (whether Photoshop or other) when an image is 
converted from color to grayscale.  Also, any thoughts on how to 
evaluate Photoshop vs the alternatives with respect to the conversion 
process and resulting image.  In other words, in what way would my 
grayscale images be better if I used a program other than Photoshop 6 
do to the conversion?

TIA,

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska





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