Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> If you go to <www.abobe.com/digitalmag/ps_pro_primers> you'll find both an article 
and an action to download.

> Do you remember where you read that article on this technique?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. DeRocco" 
> <pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > > From: jgm818 [mailto:jgm818@a...]
> > >
> > > I recently read an article from,John Paul Caponigro and his use of
> > > using the channels in photoshop.  He targeted each channel as
> > > seperate layers and reduced there opacitiy and added a forth
> > > lightness channel. He than created layer masks so he could apply
> > > curves to each one.  I've been just turning the image to
> > > monochromatic and adjusting the sliders each at a time, getting the
> > > look I wanted.  Then I would use curves.  Is his way superior? or am
> > > I totally of track here?  Jeff
> > 
> > It all depends upon the image. If I understand your descriptions correctly,
> > his method allows a separate curves for each color, and your's doesn't.
> > That's extremely versatile, but often unnecessary. I don't think there's any
> > shortcut--you have to look at the channels in each image, and watch what
> > happens as you mix them, and decide as you go along what techniques will be
> > needed to pull out the particular detail you're trying to capture.
> > Sometimes, the channel mixer is all you need; sometimes, it's useful to use
> > Hue/Sat to pick out a narrow color range to manipulate (narrower than the R,
> > G or B channel); and sometimes there's no alternative but to convert the
> > channels into separate layers and manually paint the layer masks. It's an
> > art.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> > Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...