Digital BW, The Print

Actually, I think this filter is probably most useful for those who HAVE 
used black and white film and done darkroom printing.  The image contrast 
filter slider is just like (but much more flexible than) contrast 
correction filters for film, and the camera exposure, enlarger exposure and 
paper contrast sliders do just what I always imagined I ought to be able to 
do in a darkroom but never got quite right.  I may not know exactly what's 
going on under the Photoshop filter, but I can see what I'm going to get on 
the paper, so this has become my standard black and white conversion 
tool.  The only downside that I perceive is that you can't go back once 
you've applied the corrections, other than to undo everything and start 
over (although the filter "remembers" its last settings.)  But maybe this 
is the same with any of the other conversion approaches.

As for its cost, I'd forgotten what it cost by the second time I used it.

Cheers,
Kip

At 3/17/2003 08:57 AM -0700, you wrote:

>But if you've never used film before, try this. It's not the cheapest, but I
>find this does an excellent job
>
>The BW filter from www.theimagingfactory.com