Digital BW, The Print

I tested Gregory Schern recommendation as to converting RGB to B&W. 
In step 1 when New Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer is created, and 
Lightness is put to +100, then the image disappear-you can see only 
white frame, which is natural. All further steps do not change 
situation. Maybe I do not understand something?  Yume

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<yum@p...> wrote:
> I tested Gregory Schern recommendation as to converting RGB to B&W. 
> In step 1 when New Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer is created, and 
> Lightness is put to +100, then the image disappear-you can see only 
> white frame, which is natural. All further steps do not change 
> situation. Maybe I do not understand something?  Yume
I just looked at his setup. Are you changing the Layer mode to 
Saturation? That should work, hope that helps.

matt betea

I work exclusively in shooting colour print film targetted completely 
at digital B&W output and have worked through multiple techniques for 
conversion over a long period of time. The one conclusion I have come 
to is that as much as you can consistently use an appropriate set of 
tools for the conversion, you cannot use automated workflows to 
deliver the *best* result for converting every image. You would be 
better advised to spend time understanding the hows and whys of 
converting colour to B&W against the "black box" approach if you're 
serious about producing high-quality B&W output.

regards
Craig