Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Christer Rosewell <christerart@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> 
> I tried it on a Katrina image:
> 
> http://www.christerart.com/slideshow3/show_1115.jpg
> 
> and it did exactly what you mentioned - darkened the highlights and  
> lightened the dark areas which in my mind made the image less powerful.
> 
> And it is indeed agonizingly slow.
> 
> As far as I am concerned it does nothing someone who has a decent  
> knowledge and experience cannot do him/herself.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christer
> 

How does it work with images to which you've added layers?  Do you have to flatten the layers first?