Digital BW, The Print

Tom,
You missed my post about using the new Adobe RAW plugin to convert 
to B/W. Am I on the only person who has tried it? I have previously 
tried most other methods and various filter plugins, actions, 
Russell Browns method and Channel mixer. None are as easy to use as 
the ARP. It;s very simple, just slide the saturate slider to zero 
and then use the other controls to get the shadows, contrast, 
exposure correct. All of this is done on one screen. 
Anyone else tried it?

Barry

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband 
<thusband@s...>" <thusband@s...> wrote:
> Do most folks convert color images to B&W via the Channel Mixer?  
I 
> convert my D100 NEF's to TIF and then use the Channel Mixer but I 
> know there're several other ways to do it.  Russell Brown talks 
about 
> using Hue/Saturation Layers.  I've tried that and like it but you 
can 
> only do it in 8 bit mode and I think I see a better print when I 
keep 
> it 16 bit.  Any other ways to keep it as a 16 bit image?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom Husband