Digital BW, The Print

Phil,
 
thanks for the link. I was indeed aware of adjustment layers, but this whole
thread started when Nick wrote about how he discovered that using the
dodge/burn tool (which I have always carefully stayed away from :-) rather
than levels produced images with way less apparent grain. So we were kinda
looking for alternative processes to the well established "curves and levels
with adjustment layers" method.
 
Alessandro

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Bard [mailto:phil@...]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 21:19
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] levels and grain


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alessandro Pardi 
<alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> I also made a few experiments, and actually found that using the levels
tool
> will actually enhance grain/grain aliasing more than curves or the
> burn/dodge tool. Anyway, the burn/dodge tool is quite awkward to use when

Alessandro,

I don't know if you are aware of it or not, but using masked adjustment
layers is a 
great way to do contrast and value control on your images.  All changes you
make 
with the Burn/Dodge tools are more or less irreversible once they have left
the history 
palette or the file is closed.

There is a pdf and sample image on my site that details exactly how to use
this 
technique, if you aren't familiar with it I think you will find it quite
interesting.

It's at: http://cirrus-digital.com <http://cirrus-digital.com> 

Click on the "Workshops" button on the home page and DL the 2 files you see
there.

Cheers,
Phil
http://cirrus-digital.com <http://cirrus-digital.com> 
http://philbard.com <http://philbard.com> 



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