Digital BW, The Print

Hello Alan,

thank You very much for replying!

If you have found a better way to convert color to B&W please do share
it with us! I have found a way myself which is best I think to gain
maximmum quality and control in the acquiring process with Photoshop.
I use three separate RGB channels als grayscale source film from
digital material - and the four CMYK channels from professional scans.

But maybe your acquiring method is even more sophisticated?

Sincerely,
Marzenna.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "A. Huntley"
<Alan.Huntley@c...> wrote:
> Hi Marzenna,
> 
> Over the years I've owned several of Fred's actions and, more
recently, a
> few of his new plugins. Until the Pixel Genuis folks developed Photokit
> Sharpener, I swore by Fred's sharpening routines; specifically, 10D
CSpro
> and Intellisharpen. I have the Digital B&W Pro action, but have
found other,
> IMO better ways, of converting color to B&W. Overall, though, I find
Fred's
> plugins very useful and real time savers. The cost is starting to
creep up
> there, but I feel there still a fair deal. I remember years ago when
Fred's
> actions were, like, $2.50-5 each! Granted, the plugins are much more
> sophisticated.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Alan Huntley
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mgolczewska" <mgolczewska@y...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 11:58 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] (unknown)
> 
> 
> hello,
> new to the group and curious if anybody of the members has experience
> with fm software [http://www.fredmiranda.com] their photoshop
> automation tools, especially these two:
> 
> - digital b&w pro
> - b&w film emulation
> 
> since it's just a bunch o presets - are they worth the money?
> how advanced are they? the descriptions and sample images don't really
> say much to me.