Digital BW, The Print

Marzenna,

I have been using the Fred Miranda PS actions (digital B&W Pro) and 
find them useful when using the full inkset in my 2200.  I 
particularly like the gold/burgundy tritone action.  Unfortunately, 
there is still the metamerism problem with the 2200 inkset.  I think 
his sepia actions and custom tweaks are probably a little less 
problematic regarding the metamerism.  I think these actions are a 
good beginning point for someone getting into B&W (I still consider 
myself a beginner by the way).  I occasionally use some of his Canon 
10D actions, although now that I pretty much shoot only RAW, I'm not 
using them as often.  Fred's prices for his actions are a bargain in 
my opinion.  By the way, I've recently switched my focus with B&W to 
the "black only" (BO) workflow as described on Clayton Jones' site.  
I'm finding that the conversion of RGB to B&W using FM's actions can 
still be useful, even with the BO workflow.

Tony Bonanno

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mgolczewska" 
<mgolczewska@y...> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> thanks,
> Marzenna.