Digital BW, The Print

hmmm....this is new to me....can you explain why the other ways degrade 
the image? Will try this method right now...DM
On Sep 2, 2004, at 5:31 PM, Michael B. Askew wrote:

> The best way to convert to B/W is to change the image mode to Lab
>  Color, then open the channels window, and throw away all but the
>  lightness channel.  Then convert image mode to grey scale and edit
>  from there.
>
>  If so inclined, you can also adjust the RGB channels before
>  conversion to lab color/grey scale to have b/w filter effects.  For
>  example, if you edit the red channel, you can make it as if you
>  applied a red filter, darkening blues, and vice versa.  Then you do
>  the lab color/lightness channel/grey scale conversion.  It's clean
>  and simple.  And it's the only way I know to not degrade an image in
>  the process.
>
>  Try it and let me know what you think.
>
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