Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: [Digital BW] convert to B&W, Photoshop Levels and Curves

2004-12-27 by rgb2bw

Renan,

I originally created the brush set in Photoshop 7 and have updated it 
in CS.  I have been using CS for a while and no longer have 7.0 
installed.  But I will check around and see what I can figure out.

Thomas

> 
> Hi Zuber, I tried to download  your brush set but a message says 
the 
> file  is not compatible with Photoshop 7.0. Is that true or I am 
doing 
> something wrong?
> Best
> Renan Lopes
> rgb2bw wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > I realize one of the last things the world needs is another way to
> > convert color images to B&W, but I am still inviting you to visit 
my
> > web site to see the method I developed.  When I first started 
using
> > Adobe Photoshop to convert color images to B&W, I tried the usual
> > methods and found them unsatisfactory.  So I ended up spending a
> > better part of a year researching, developing, testing and
> > documenting a method, which I call the Tone Management System, 
which
> > supports a visualization approach to B&W image making.  In the 
end,
> > it is not a complex process, but it fully supports the ability to
> > manage tone globally, locally (using selections and/or layer 
masks),
> > by color range, by color channel or by targeting tone itself.
> >
> > The site also has in depth discussions on the Photoshop
> > Hue/Saturation, Levels and Curves controls and has a number of 
free
> > downloads.  One of the downloads is a Photoshop brushes file.  I 
find
> > the Photoshop default brush set does not necessarily contain the
> > brushes most commonly used by photographers.  The brush set I 
created
> > contains the shapes and softness I find the most useful for
> > photography.
> >
> > The site is free, there is no need to register to use the site 
and it
> > does not leave cookies on your computer.  The home page is
> > www.zuberphotographics.com.  The specific page for the Tone
> > Management System is www.zuberphotographics.com/page_TMSIntro.htm.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other 
> > resources as they are often being updated.
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> >
> > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you 
wish 
> > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by 
visiting 
> > this same page.
> >
> > Please follow these basic guidelines:
> > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier 
messages to 
> > keep them short.
> > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or 
> > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed 
from 
> > the membership without notice.
> > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of 
digital 
> > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be 
> > removed from the membership.
> > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules 
and 
> > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the 
group 
> > Owner and Moderators. See "Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines" in 
the 
> > Files section:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/
> >
> > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, 
THE 
> > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT 
THE "OWNER" 
> > AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT 
BE 
> > LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, 
> > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 
> > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER 
INTANGIBLE 
> > LOSSES (EVEN IF THE  "OWNER" AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE 
PRINT 
> > YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
DAMAGES), 
> > RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL 
BW, 
> > THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION 
OF 
> > YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY 
THIRD 
> > PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER 
> > MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > 
<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129509ck9/M=324658.5816620.6854924.300117
6/D=groups/S=1705019182:HM/EXP=1104016412/A=2343726/R=0/SIG=12inkbhpa/
*http://clk.atdmt.com/VON/go/yhxxxvon01900091von/direct/01/&time=11039
30012611987> 
> >
> >
> > Get unlimited calls to
> >
> > U.S./Canada
> >
> > 
<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129509ck9/M=324658.5816620.6854924.300117
6/D=groups/S=1705019182:HM/EXP=1104016412/A=2343726/R=1/SIG=12inkbhpa/
*http://clk.atdmt.com/VON/go/yhxxxvon01900091von/direct/01/&time=11039
30012611987> 
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
------
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >     * To visit your group on the web, go to:
> >       http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/
> >        
> >     * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> >       DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> >       <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint-
unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe>
> >        
> >     * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
> >       Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.