Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lew The more you use LR4 the more you get to understand how to process good b&w images, but it is a learning curve and I am ashamed of some of my earlier efforts. In my opinion (forgive me Lluis) you do not need SilverEfex jus experience and patience. Also Matt Kloskowski does some great presets FREE on his blog. Here is a link to a few: http://www.mattk.com/2012/08/06/lightroom-4-presets-portrait-black-whites/ but look further down and you will find more. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 14 Aug 2012, at 18:54, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > IMO, in LR4 Development mode, when you convert a color image to bw via > selecting treatment -> black and white, we get the equivalent of > printing a color negative on BW paper, ie not so good. OTOH, further > down the right hand panel, there's an HSL (hue, saturation, luminance) > panel, if we click B&W there, we can, in effect, create the black and > white image we would have gotten if we could have used any > number/combination of filters with black and white film. > > I really don't want the filtered bw film look, rather, I'm just trying > to duplicate the tri-x look, the plus-x look, etc ... I don't want to > buy Silver Efex yet ... so do any of you guys have some diy presets > you'd care to share? > > > Man! What a lot of words for a simple idea! > > -LS > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information