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Re: B&W Conversion Techniques

2008-02-26 by c1asia

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Raphael" 
<dannyraphael@...> wrote:
>
> More info here on the concept/method:
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/phs8bwconversion.pdf
> 
> In essence the action builds a layer stack by doing the following 
for 
> each channel:
> * Switch to Channels palette
> * Click on the target channel, e.g., Red
> * Select > all
> * Edit > copy
> * Click on the composite channel, e.g., RGB, to select it
> * Switch to Layers palette
> * Edit > paste (new layer)
> * Assign a meaningful name to the new layer, e.g., "Green"
> 
> Check your e-mail.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "c1asia" 
> <c1asia@> wrote:
> >
> > > I prefer to use an action to create individual layers from each 
> > > RGB channel plus CMYK's K channel (set to Multiply). > 
> > 
> > danny,
> > 
> > can you explain this action?  where can i find more info on this 
> method?
>





i didn't see any reference to...  "plus CMYK's K channel (set to 
Multiply)".

is this something separate that was added onto the other method?  to 
increase black?

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