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Re: [Digital BW] Convert color to BW techniques

2004-12-14 by John M.

Steve,
Yes indeed.  I have been reading the archives and books I own while 
waiting for my EyeOne Pro to arrive so that I can tune QTR for the 
2200.  My head is now overloaded, so I have to dig back out of the 
hole and survey what I have done. Thanks for the suggestion of 
Glenn's discussion.

john.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> 
> John
> 
> You have asked one of the questions that seems to come up time and 
time
> again on this forum and leads to endless arguments about which 
technique or
> programme is best.  Take a look through the archives for a thorough
> discussion.  Having followed all the postings in previous 
discussions of the
> topic, the technique that I like and use because I believe it gives 
you the
> best control is the "split channels" approach developed by Glenn 
Mitchell.
> I believe he (finally) had his pdf discussion of this technique 
added to the
> list's archives.
> 
> Steve
> 
> > From: "John M." <moodymz3@y...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:13:29 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Convert color to BW techniques
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have raised my knowlege of converting color to BW sufficiently 
to
> > realize that I don't know anything!
> > 
> > Is the best route to immerse myself in techniques such as those
> > presented by Russell Brown, or are there truly good tools/software
> > that I should investigate as well?  I am interested in fine art
> > landscape images primarily.
> > 
> > john
> >

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