Digital BW, The Print

Kim..
May I suggest that you give PHOTOSHOP'S " Channel-Mixer a try before you shell out any money..especially if you havn't made any prints..IMHO, all of these plug-ins that do color to B&W conversion using the features that are already native to PS..Some however make it more "user-friendly" but that's it..I think you will have as much control using adjustment layers/channel mixer..
Good luck..Try to keep your money in your pocket in the meantime..
Just my 2 cents..

Eddie Wiseman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kim Fullbrook 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:53 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Question on Plugins converting to b/w


  There are lots of different ways of converting colour digital images to
  black & white. Some use Photoshop's own functions like simple conversion to
  grayscale, and there are also some third party plug-ins available.  I've
  played with a few plugins prior to spending any money but not done any
  printing yet and am interested in members' views.

  These are the ones I've tried - there may be others.
  "Convert to B&W Pro" for $99.95 from imagingfactory.com  
  "Black and White" from silveroxide.com. This has various options, and I
  tried out the Tri-X "Enhanced" for $55.Interestingly, they say their Tri-X
  demo doesn't work on XP but it worked fine for me.
  Powerretouche.com - black and white studio $75 or 50 UKP

  The results from all were hard to distinguish apart but I preferred them to
  any of the built-in Photoshop methods. For me the key points were:

  Imagingfactory - lots of film options, most expensive, I found it easy to
  get a balanced results
  Silveroxide - only one film option per filter, cheaper, use of "brightness"
  and "gamma" was fiddly in the small preview window.
  Powerretouche - lots of options, "busy" user interface but powerful, slowest
  to run

  There may well be other plug-ins out there doing a similar job.  I'm
  interested to hear others views before I buy one, especially from those who
  have made prints.

  Kim Fullbrook


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