Digital BW, The Print

Hi Djon -- My favorite simple way is to change the Mode to Lab Color,
and use only the Lightness Channel plus some Levels and/or Curve
adjustment layers and sharpen. Save as TIFF. It works fine on many images.
Happy pictures!
Jim

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon"
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> 
> I'm confused by all the advice. Simple minded.
> 
> What's your best, most straightforward workflow from .psd and .jpg
color
> to a b&w image (soft proof?) that can be manipulated reasonably
> predictably before being filed as tiff and opened/printed via
QTRgui?
> 
> I'm looking for easy answers. I'm currently fairly successful simply
> previsualizing (remember that?) how color tiffs will work in b&W,
but
> I'd rather see the image in advance. Lazy I guess. 
> 
> I'm not looking for a monitor depiction of b&w tone-color (cold,
sepia
> etc), just reasonably visually accurate b&w, as with my b&w original
> negs. 
> 
> Currently QTRgui does fine with scans of original B&W film...
> predictable results, adjustments easily seen in my monitor before
> loading to QTR.