Digital BW, The Print

Hey Keith,

I think I came on a bit strong:)  I like what's on your website and 
didn't mean to imply that it wasn't useful information... but there 
have been/are discussions going on about best ways to mix down to b&w 
from color and it seems that a large majority of users don't have a 
clue what they are actually doing... just wanted to try and clarify 
that.

The real magic for me is in the image... what it can do besides being 
a huge bunch of binary numbers.

Personally, I thought it was much easier to play with film, chemicals 
and paper with the belief that is was all just magic... but once I 
started getting serious about digital imaging *I* found that I really 
had to start learning what the computer was doing on a pixel for 
pixel level before I could consistantly get good results.

...anyway... good stuff!

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Keith Cooper 
<yahoogroups@n...> wrote:
> >Seems like people are looking for magic where there isn't any.
> 
> Hi
> 
> Not me for one...
> 
> The comparisons I put up are as much to show that there are often 
many
> routes for getting from A to B via Photoshop, as to saying any one 
way is
> better.
> 
> Sometimes I know exactly how I want an image to look. Sometimes I 
don't know
> the effect I'm looking for until I see it. Different techniques, by 
their
> nature, allow you to explore different sets of variations with 
varying ease.
> 
> Not everyone has such deep understanding of how Photoshop works :-
)) I for
> one use most of its functions without ever going into the maths 
behind them.
> 
> Some of the best Photoshop users I've met, regularly challenge 
their ways of
> working, looking for that different approach that can lead their 
creativity
> down an untrodden path -- that's where the magic comes in :-))
> 
> bye for now   
> 
> Keith Cooper
> 
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> http://northlight-images.co.uk
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