Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/28

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Subject: [Leica] B&W conversion
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:46:31 +0530
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Luis,
I think they are upgrading to Silver Efex 2 in March, so a free upgrade is
included if you buy right now:

http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/usa/entry.php

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:

> Lluis,
>
> As of right now there is not an option to purchase Silver Efex in the App
> Store, it is in the Apple Store for $199. Confusing I know.
>
>
>
>
> Chris Williams
> www.zoeicaimages.net
> www.rebirthworkshops.com
> 504-231-6261
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>  Chris,
>>
>> What do you mind?, is Aperture or Silver Efex Pro cheaper in Apple Store?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Lluis
>>
>> El 28/01/2011, a las 23:13, Chris Williams escribi?:
>>
>>  I have Aperture but I'm just now trying it out for slideshows and album
>>> designs.
>>>
>>> With Lightroom, I use the B&W Conversion and then use the "B&W Mix" and
>>> "Split Toning" to achieve my warm tone B&W images. Saving the 
>>> adjustments as
>>> a Preset.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm going to assume Aperture is similar but hopefully I'll find out this
>>> weekend.
>>>
>>> By the way if you are a Mac user on Snow Leopard, download the App Store
>>> and Aperture is $79 instead of the normal $199!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris Williams
>>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
>>> 504-231-6261
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>>
>>>  I was doing the conversion on PS Elements, I've verified I obtain better
>>>> quality than convert it on de Capture1. Recently I use Silver Efex Pro, 
>>>> I
>>>> can simulatye responses of different films and the picture is more 
>>>> close to
>>>> the film pictures, is very easy and fast to use.
>>>>
>>>> Saludos
>>>> Lluis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> El 28/01/2011, a las 18:03, Nathan Wajsman escribi?:
>>>>
>>>>  In my opinion, no. I do not know anything about Aperture, I use
>>>>> Lightroom, but I assume that the facilities for converting to 
>>>>> monochrome are
>>>>> similar in the two programs. For my needs (which admittedly are rather
>>>>> basic, as I do not like overmanipulated images) the built-in 
>>>>> functionality
>>>>> of Lightroom is more than sufficient.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Nathan
>>>>>
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>>
>>>>> YNWA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  A simple question about B&W conversion for digital. To keep this in
>>>>>> context, this question arose because I have swapped a M-8 for an R-8 
>>>>>> for a
>>>>>> few months with a friend and I find the M-8's white balance is 
>>>>>> unpredictable
>>>>>> in mixed lighting situations so I am converting more images to B&W.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The S/W I use most of the time is Aperture and it has built-in B&W
>>>>>> conversion. There are a few B&W plugins which does the same thing. 
>>>>>> Other
>>>>>> than emulating the grain of Tri-X :), are there quantifiable benefits 
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> paying for these B&W plugins?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Spencer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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Replies: Reply from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] B&W conversion)
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