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Re: Digicam in BW mode, how to test

2002-02-06 by riskdr8138

--- ALONG THESE SAME LINES you can go to the WINDOW-SHOW channels. 
you will get the rgb image and the red, green and blue channels. this 
gives you an idea of what the image would look like with these three 
filters (don't ask me what specific filter numbers they are ). the 
red and the green are usually the most interesting. from there you 
can go to channel mixer and adjust the monochrome image. larry pirrone

 DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn  Frayn <carolyn@u...> 
wrote:
> It's called "channel mixer" ... not color mixer
> 
> snip
> > the main reasons is that many people use photoshop and it has a 
tool
> > called "color mixer" which gives great flexibility in converting 
to
> > bw.  You get to choose the percentage of each RGB channel you 
want in
> > your BW image.  This means that it is easier emulate the 
different BW
> 
> > films (or just have more room for creativity).  Once I found it I
> > havent gone back to the old "convert to momochrome" tool in 
photoshop.
> 
> and "convert to profile" or grayscale mode conversion...
> 
> best,
> Carolyn

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