Digital BW, The Print

I need to get CS3, there are a lot of new features in it that I like.  
Thank you for your input on channel mixing...it gives me some  
structure instead of just fiddling. Do you ever grab anything from  
the blue (garbage) channel?

Mark



On Jan 22, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Paul Grant wrote:

> For those that have CS3 you have the option of using the b/w  
> adjustment
> layer. Gives you all the flexibility of what you do in Lightroom.
>
> Also for those that use CS3 you can do the conversion in Camera Raw  
> in a
> similar fashion.
>
> My other preferred approach is to use the Channel mixer adjustment  
> layer.
> Here I look at the Channels first.decide which channel provides the  
> best B/W
> rendition for the subject manner.
>
> Often I use the Red for people/classic figure, Green for Landscape  
> etc.
>
> Once you chose the Channel.R, G or B the add the Channel Mixer  
> Adjustment
> layer. At the top pull down menu chose your channel.RG or B.
>
> The Click Grayscale in the lower left. You now have a Greyscale  
> image and
> you can move the RGB sliders to adjust the tone of all the layers.
>
> I now prefer the b/w adjustment layer. The slick thing here is that  
> once
> you add the adjustment layer you have the option of using a number of
> presets.
>
> Ie: high contrast, IR effect etc. You can also move all the colored
> sliders around.what is really slick is that you can move the cursor  
> to a
> part of your image and slide the cursor back and forth to effect  
> only those
> colors that you are pointing to.
>
> As with everything in Photoshop there is an unlimited number of  
> ways to
> accomplish the b/w conversion. There are many many more which I am  
> sure
> will be highlighted in follow posts.
>
> Paul
>
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of  
> Mark
> Gilvey
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:48 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] B&W Conversion Techniques
>
> Did it fly right by me or hasn't anyone discussed their techniques
> for converting color to b&w? Urm...or maybe everyone shoots film on
> this list?
>
> I've been using...more like learning two different, but similar  
> methods:
>
> LIGHTROOM
> Adobe Lightroom offers two different ways to convert to greyscale:
> a. By reducing the saturation of each color, you can then adjust
> the lightness of each to effect each color to be lighter or darker
> b. By clicking the Greyscale tab and doing, basically the same thing
>
> PHOTOSHOP
> I've been using Hue & Saturation adjustments layers by creating on to
> desaturate all the color (I call this layer "Film") and then below it
> I place another H&S adjustment layer to adjust the densities of the
> color to get the tone I want.
>
> I must say, adjusting the brightness of each color to change the
> density of a given color, something seems wrong about this idea. Have
> you ever adjusted one the brightness in a Hue & Saturation on a color
> image? It's like taking the black point in the curves dialog and
> brightening it. Seems to me there might be a better way.
>
> I have played around with channel mixing but it has only been
> "playing". Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
>
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