Digital BW, The Print

That is a great method Clayton. I didn't know I could adjust the  
saturation to make a change. I thought I could only use the lightness  
part of the h/s adjustment. That is what I've been looking for.

Mark




On Jan 23, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Clayton Jones wrote:

> Hello Mark,
>
> >I have played around with channel mixing but it has only been
> >"playing". Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
>
> I use a combination of Hue/Sat layer and Channel Mix layer in CS.
> Here is the full technique I now use, which has evolved over time. It
> gives a large amount of control without being too complex. First,
> change the file directly to Grayscale and save it with a different
> file name. This will provide a different version to compare with
> later. Then reopen the original color file and do the following steps:
>
> 1) Create a Hue/Sat layer and save it without making any changes.
>
> 2) Create a Channel Mixer layer, check the Monochrome box, leave the
> sliders at Red = 100, Green = 0, Blue = 0 and click OK to save.
>
> 3) Reopen the ChMx layer and change the sliders to these values:
> Red = 60, Green = 40, Blue = 0
>
> 4) Toggle the "Preview" check box to compare the 60/40 version with
> the 100/Red version. Select the one you like the best as a starting
> point, then move the sliders slightly to see if it can be improved.
> The slider values should always total 100. Then click OK to save the
> settings.
>
> 5) Open the Hue/Sat layer, change the "Edit" list to Reds, and move
> the Saturation slider to see if the image can be improved. Then do
> the same for each color.
>
> 6) Then change the Edit list to Master and move the Hue slider to see
> if the image can be improved. Then click OK to save the settings.
>
> 7) Flatten all the layers and convert the image to Grayscale mode.
>
> 8) Finally, compare this version with the straight grayscale version
> to see which one you like the best. Sometimes I'm surprised.
>
> Regards,
> Clayton
>
> Info on black and white digital printing at
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> I-Trak
>
>
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