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Re: [Digital BW] Re: B&W Conversion Techniques

2008-01-26 by Mark Gilvey

How can I put my Action on the group download page?

Mark



On Jan 25, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Drew Tait wrote:

> Mark,
>
> To quote my 18 yo son it's "way cool".
> Not only do you not have to spend a fortune on PS training; you  
> already
> have it because it speaks photography! Neither do you need a  
> linguist to
> assist with PS terminology.
>
> It never, by default, saves onto the virgin image file which is a big
> plus and every action is undoable. Brilliant!!
>
> The other thing which impressed me about it was it handles RAW files:
> specifically the DNG files of my Ricoh GX100.
>
> I had a lot pf poblems printing with it -- java blows up -- but  
> that is
> the fault in Sun's JRE so I installed the IBM one and bingo I can now
> print if I want.
>
> I have never considered actually buying software. THe only  
> exception has
> been Vuescan. LightZone I think will be the other exception to the  
> rule.
> There is one other which comes close too: the Bibble Labs
> (bibblelabs.com) Professional Workflow Software. It works on Linux and
> Windows too and is quote a bit cheaper than LZ but more  
> ocmplicated. It
> produces some great results too. It has a lite version of Noise  
> Ninja in
> it.
>
> Whatever the technology the point is to enjoy!
>
> Happy Australia Day!!
>
> Drew
>
> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 23:26 -0500, Mark Gilvey wrote:
> > Hey that's a pretty cool program.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Jan 23, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Drew Tait wrote:
> >
> > > This is nto a plug for software but... I am a Linux user who has
> > > stumbled across a peice of software called LightZone from
> > > http://www.lightcrafts.com. It is written in Java and has  
> versions for
> > > Windoze Mac and Linux.
> > >
> > > Doing B&W conversions is the best I have experienced. When you
> > > click to
> > > convert to B&W it shows a colour wheel and you just select the  
> filter
> > > that you want. Beautiful! It is by no means a replacement for  
> CS2 or
> > > Lightroom/Aperture but it has a place I think.
> > >
> > > D r e w
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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