Re: [Digital BW] Re: Requested Lightroom Conversion Example
2012-04-07 by Robert Damon
George Jardine has a nice video tutorial (36 minutes) on B&W conversion. Worth watching before spending money on additional B&W conversion tools. Link:
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2012-04-07 by Robert Damon
George Jardine has a nice video tutorial (36 minutes) on B&W conversion. Worth watching before spending money on additional B&W conversion tools. Link:
2012-04-07 by Jeff
Someone in this group turned me on to Nik Silver Efex Pro and I won t use PS or LR for doing B&W again. I do some preliminary adjustments on the color images
2012-04-07 by Jim Goshorn
... Nik has webinars for all their products where you can see live demos and get a better idea of how they work. Some people find the workflow better and some
2012-04-07 by Seth Rossman
I would say save your money for now. PS (5.1) does an excellent conversion to B&W. Since you re going to PS classes, just learn to use the sliders in
2012-04-07 by Bill
At any rate, what I ve been waiting for is a better luminance noise reduction system. www.PaulRoark.com ************************ I will be ordering Lightroom
2012-04-06 by Paul
Most of the changes in the color handling remind me why I like B&W so much. At any rate, what I ve been waiting for is a better luminance noise reduction
2012-04-06 by C D Tobie
I had a more than one list member contact me with questions about different profiles in Lightroom 4.1. The most interesting of those questions had to do with
2012-04-06 by Peter Marshall
But LR will do most if not all of the mass processing for you automatically as you put the images on to your computer. You set up a preset to do things like
2012-04-06 by C D Tobie
... I wrote and illustrated a side by side comparison for Lightroom, but its the same as what you describe here. The joker in the deck is the forced change in
2012-04-06 by Seth Rossman
Yes, bridge is and always has been a kludge. That said, I have always found LR to be cumbersome too. The Create Catalogs thing instead of just opening a
2012-04-06 by robert49brake
... Process 2012 is in the Beta and can be chosen with a dropdown in the Camera Calibration menu. The interface seems to be the same as 2010 except the Basic
2012-04-06 by Cdtobie
... I m working with the PS CS6 beta, and the last Adobe Labs update to ACR did not yet process 5d Mark lll files, so that slowed down my testing. But yes, the
2012-04-06 by Cdtobie
... Agreed; all the third party RAW converter developers have claimed superior results as the key justification for their products. And as you say, for
2012-04-06 by Paul
That looks like a worthwhile improvement. I assume Photoshop CS6 will get the same new processes. Any word on that? Paul www.PaulRoark.com ... ...
2012-04-06 by E.Neilsen
Perhaps, the lesson may have also been that given the tools of the day, DPP would have been a better choice and/or a double process in LR. I do get the point
2012-04-05 by C D Tobie
I had numerous requests to show an older, problematic image, reprocessed through Lightroom 4. Here s what happened when I ran that test:
2012-04-05 by Jeff
It isn t entirely obviously and that was my first unexpected result. You can create a preset and when you save it, check Process Version . But you can t tell
2012-04-05 by dfaprinting
I just got this in an email, wondering if anyone has seen it in person yet: http://www.breathingcolor.com/action/bc_shop/223/ Doesn t say anything about the
2012-04-05 by Dave
... Nice explanation - thank you! I discovered an interesting workaround to avoid the irreversible changes from Process 2010 to Process 2012. In a case where
2012-04-04 by C D Tobie
I promised on one of these groups, to dig into the issues with image conversion to Process 2012 in Lightroom 4. Here s the scoop, though its more complicated
2012-04-04 by Peter Marshall
http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/04/updating-develop-presets-for-lightroom-4-2.html may help on the presets London s May Queens:
2012-04-04 by Mike Finley
can you set the presets to use a specific process model? ... -- mike finley photography http://www.mikefinley.co.uk http://words.mikefinley.co.uk [Non-text
2012-04-04 by C D Tobie
... Yes, sorry it took me so long to notice... ... I think I may write a blog post on that today, if I have time. I ll be sure to let you know if I do, it will
2012-04-04 by C D Tobie
... Thanks, glad I could add some perspective. ... Thats always been an issue; blues and noise… not sure we ll ever see an end to that... ... If it shows up
2012-04-04 by Andrew Darlow
Hi Remononaz1: I recommend that you experiment with the white balance and tint adjustments when converting to B&W. You will probably notice that noise will
2012-04-04 by Jeff
OK, much better to have the blog. I discovered something when moving to LR4.x: some of my presets produced unexpected results. With the changes you point out,
2012-04-04 by remononaz1
David: I read and appreciated your article on Lr4. I have been using Lr4 since the beta came out though I had not used Lr earlier so I am not familiar with
2012-04-04 by Cdtobie
This is a short review of Dan Burkholder s excellent book iPhone Artistry, which, true to the title, focuses on the art, as well as the technology, of iPhone
2012-04-04 by Cdtobie
2012-04-03 by C D Tobie
It appears I left the link out of yesterday s email on this topic. Sorry about that… here it is:
2012-04-03 by C D Tobie
... See if this comes through: http://cdtobie.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/enhanced-functionalities-in-lightroom-4/ C. David Tobie Global Product Technology
2012-04-03 by Jeff
Really, this is the whole review? Or is there a missing link? Process 2012 is certainly an improvement. 2010 was not very good with the Canon 7D.
2012-04-03 by remononaz1
Paul: Thank you for your considered and thorough response. I do have an extra set of cartridges and the cost for a pint of MIS dye-based formula is quite
2012-04-03 by Ernst Dinkla
The Nikon D800 has only two MF backs above it on the Color Depth scale of DXO, one MF back below the D800 and then the D3X, so the last ranking fifth. Both in
2012-04-02 by C D Tobie
... That all depends on the cameras available at the time we do the next set of tests, and what the Nikon shooters involved feel is the best test… my
2012-04-02 by C D Tobie
… in a phrase: A Lot! Improvements in dynamic range in the latest cameras, and the leverage that Process 2012 offers to use that range, will provide us with
2012-04-02 by Michael King
David, interesting. Btw can u test d800 against D3x, which is really its predecessor. Txs Mike ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2012-04-02 by C D Tobie
Those of you involved with digital photography may find this interesting. It also has some info about the latest Nikons at the end, so its not totally
2012-04-02 by Paul
It s even better with the dyes. The spectral highlights are not veiled and result in an effective dynamic range and sharpness that gives the images the most
2012-04-02 by remononaz1
I have not been so thrilled with RR Polar Pearl Metallic paper for color images and my box of the material has languished in a cabinet for quite a while.
2012-04-01 by Paul
... I suppose the same sort of approach would work for the other Claria printers. Whether the curves or layer I used would be close enough to work without
2012-04-01 by juliebenoitnina
Hello Paul and other members of this group no ideas ? In the message bellow I was talking of curves, but in fact Paul used an adjustment layer under photoshop.
2012-03-31 by Ernst Dinkla
340+ paper white spectral plots: http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm update april 2012: Harman by Hahnemühle, Innova IFA45 and more
2012-03-30 by C D Tobie
... I can provide further samples at a later date. One needs to have the cameras one wants to compare in the same place at the same time to assure similar
2012-03-30 by C D Tobie
... It was in development long before the Passport came out. Its a full size, higher patch number target, with built in tripod mount, replaceable target
2012-03-30 by Seth Rossman
Hmm. A knock off of the Color Passport system? LMAO. Seth
2012-03-30 by Louis de Stoutz
Well done David, thank you! It might be interesting to see how much of this is difference between models and how much is variance within the same model. Louis
2012-03-29 by C D Tobie
This is a new way I came up with to compare the native color capabilities of various cameras, here applied to the new Canon 5D Mark lll, compared to its
2012-03-29 by Cdtobie
... printers? I don t know. Is it necessary to use intellectual property without permission to write Epson drivers? HP sends me updated info on how to access
2012-03-29 by E.Neilsen
The color most importantly, does matter. Different colors block UV differently. And if one wants to make a negative to print silver gelatin images, the paper