Digital BW, The Print

Allesandro:

Why not just scan as grayscale in Vuescan?  Is it because you want to 
save the raw scan data?

Chuck



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alessandro Pardi 
<alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> What I do with B&W film is get a raw scan from Vuescan (therefore 
as RGB),
> invert in PS, and then look at 100% magnification to see which 
channel is
> best. With my Canon FS4000 the green channel is always the 
sharpest/least
> noisy, so I apply the channel mixer, convert to grayscale, apply 
levels, and
> finally convert to 8bit mode to start playing with layers.
>  
> Alessandro Pardi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cliffordfeller <cwfeller@m...>
> [mailto:cwfeller@m...]
> Sent: venerdì 31 gennaio 2003 15:48
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Black and White Workflow
> 
> 
> I am scanning Tri-X on a Nikon 4000ed with Silverprint as an RGB 
> positive file .I am then inverting and converting in Photoshop 
seven 
> using image invert ,levels ,curves and sometimes channel mixer. 
> Which is the best technique scanning  as an RGB or Grayscale?
> If I scan as RGB where is the best place to do the conversion to 
> monochrome ( Channel mixer check box monochrome ?)I have difficulty 
> getting a good black and white conversion in levels and curves 
> alone.My monitoris a  Lacie and it is calibrated  withOptical.
> Any comments would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Cliff
> 
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