Digital BW, The Print

A rule that I use, and I don't recall where I heard it, is to add  
your color into the 1/4 tone.

Convert you image to B&W using whatever means you like, keep it in  
the RGB colorspace, then add a curves adjustment layer, go into the  
blue channel and push the quarter tone up (taking blue away and  
adding yellow) about 3 dots on the grid. Then go into the green  
channel and move it up (adding magenta) about 2 dots. Just do both in  
the 1/4 tone. That would be about the 2x2 block over from the left.

Oh, when you open your curves dialog box, you should see a 10 x 10  
grid not a 4 x 4 grid. If you see a 4 x 4 grid, just option (Mac) or  
alt (Win) click the grid and it should change to the alternate. I can  
make you an Action for what I just described if you like and post it  
on my website.

Mark



On Jan 25, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Brian Ellis wrote:

> >you might visit this site, wonderful >action creating ofdifferent  
> tones
> >including variations of the sepia >tones.
> >http://www.epaperpress.com/psphoto/index.html
>
> I just recently started using the epaperpress actions and they work  
> great
> for some things (such as sepia and cyanotype). But for others - the  
> filters,
> for example, also "hue" in the b&w conversion - I see no change at  
> all in
> the photograph regardless of the % used. Do you happen to know why  
> that is?
> In some earlier messages about other conversion methods someone  
> mentioned a
> similar problem and the solution was supposed to be to set the  
> blend mode
> to "color." I tried that with the epaperpress actions and it didn't  
> seem to
> make any difference, I still see no change in the photographs with  
> some of
> them.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Kealey" <pjkealey@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:19 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: antique sepia setting
>
> you might visit this site, wonderful action creating ofdifferent tones
> including variations of the sepia tones.
> http://www.epaperpress.com/psphoto/index.html
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Timmermans"
> <zenphoto7@...> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone here have a "perfect" setting for sepia and/or a darker
> > antique sepia using the hue/saturation tool in PS?
> >
> > I understand "perfect" is in the eye of the beholder.
> >
> > I'm just not happy with what I get which is sometimes a little too
> > light or orange-ish. I have experimented of course but I'm not
> > satisfied with my results. Perhaps someone has here has it nailed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
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