Digital BW, The Print

FWIW, I open my image as an ACR smart object, then add capture
sharpening, then add a BW adjustment layer (or channel mixer layer) to
convert to BW, then do the rest of my adjustments on top of that.
Often I later go back to the ACR object and/or the BW layer and tweak
them. 

Sometimes, in the ACR object/hue-sat tab, I boost saturation or modify
hue so that the BW layer has more to play with.

Hope this helps, Robert, and if anyone has a different workflow to
suggest I would love to hear it.

  - susan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gaunt"
<rh.gaunt@...> wrote:
>
> How are people using the B&W adjustment layer in CS3?  Do editing in
color first, then go to 
> B&W adjustment and discarding color data (or not), going straight to
B&W adjustment layer 
> and then editing, some combination of both?  I've tried various
approaches and haven't come 
> up with an opinion yet.  Anyone out there have some thoughts?
> 
> For what it's worth, I've been using an Epson 2200 with the standard
UC inkset running QTR 
> for B&W with very good results assuming the pizza wheel doesn't bind
up and put a scratch 
> down the whole print.  Might say I have a love/hate relationship
with Epson.
>