Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Don Wolfe" 
<djwolfe5@y...> wrote:
> I am looking for advice on converting a color image to black and 
> white in photoshop.  What are some of the differenct work flows 
used  
> for this conversion?  Also I am open to suggestions for what film 
to 
> use, I am shooting medium format and scanning with a Nikon 8000.  
Any 
> advice is greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> Don

I know this does not address the question you posed, but I use 
Picture Window 3.1 Pro from www.dl-c.com for several purposes where, 
to my mind it is better than PS6: it is a 16/48 bit program, its 
clone tools are superior, its Speck Removal precursed the healing 
brush, it has hue fixing and correction, chromatic abberation 
correction and, back on topic, an infinitely variable hue tool 
(transformation/color/monochromatic if I remember aright) that allows 
you to choose the tonalities you want before converting to B&W: but I 
find the program's selection tools a pain which is where PS is also 
for me.  Last time I checked PW3 was on 30 day fee trial – the full 
Pro program is about $80.  I have no vested interest in the product.

Colin