Digital BW, The Print

I would take a look at 
http://www.alienskin.com/exposure/

I have this and it simulates most of the BW films of the past. You can
even control grain size and distribution in high/mid/low zones.

Denis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pglombick"
<glombick@...> wrote:
>
> I am trying a new direction in my photography and am wondering what 
> some of the better ways of creating digital "grain" are.
> 
> Here are my sepcifics:
> 
> shooting with D200, ususally ISO 100 or 200, mostly landscapes and urban
> PS CS2
> R2400 (K3, papers: VFA and Museo PR), R2200 (K7, Hahnemuehle Museum 
> Etching)
> 
> I used to shoot Iflord Delta 3200 a few years ago when I was using an 
> FM2 or a FM3a and liked the results. I have tried using the "add noise" 
> function in PS but am rather confused as to the differences between 
> normal and Gaussian and was unable to produce something I liked. I also 
> tried using the ISO 400 setting on a Fred Mirando BWPRO PS add-in I 
> have, but I want more grain than it can produce.
> 
> Any suggestions? I am unsure whether I should shoot at ISO 1600 in the 
> camera or create grain using other methods in Photoshop. Also, does one 
> sharpen before or after adding grain?
> 
> Thank you.
>