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RE: [Digital BW] BW basics resources

2004-04-01 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Don M [mailto:don@...]
>
> I have begun using Picture Window Pro instead of Photoshop, although I am
> taking a PS class so I'm learning it too.
> In PWP when I convert a color image to monochrome, I can apply a Wratten
> filter number to it, which I think is very nice.  And it seems to
> have very good controls for color and related manipulations.

That gives you some control, but you can get even more dramatic effects if
you go outside that box. For instance, PS's Channel Mixer lets you apply any
gain to each channel, including negative ones, which lets you darken blue
skies by setting the gains to something like red=150%, green=0%, blue=-50%.
I don't know PWP, but there may be ways of accomplishing this sort of thing
using curve adjustments.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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