Digital BW, The Print

--- 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. 

I use separate layers for the R,G, and B channels and mix
and balance them individually to get the tonal qualities 
I want, and also because that allows me to apply noise 
reduction differently to different colors, since some
color film, some scans, and some digicams are noisier in
some channels than others.

I often shoot the figure and I find that I can often get
a smoother look to skin by overmixing the red channel, for
instance.