Digital BW, The Print

Yes CS3 has few worthwhile features......

The Channel mixer feature is available in CS2 so you can play with it there.

From time to find I find that the blue channel works....but it is really
image dependent.

Paul

On 1/22/08 7:49 PM, "Mark Gilvey" <mark@...> wrote:

> 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?
>> 
>> _________________________________
>> Mark Gilvey
>> The ImageWorks
>> Integrated Media Designer
>> 
>> mark@... <mailto:mark%40t-i-w.com>
>> www.t-i-w.com
>> 
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