Digital BW, The Print

This is one of my favored conversion techniques.  Requires PS. Short
tutorial at the end of article.

http://www.designbyfire.com/?p=17

Tai


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Gilvey
<mark@...> wrote:
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> 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
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> 
> On Jan 23, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Clayton Jones wrote:
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> > 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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