Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]also take a look at silveroxide.com they sell plugins for PS that emulate different films, very very good On 5/10/06, bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu> wrote: > Folks - > > Shot some shots of the immigration rally here in Chicago last week; > here's a coupla samples: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/immigration-rally-05-06/check_yourself_65 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/immigration-rally-05-06/none_illegal_63 > > Liked the color thing, but decided to try to convert to B&W. I think > maybe in the case of the first one I might need the color to establish > contrast in the light as shot, but I was wondering about these > dedicated "convert to B&W" tools. Do they do more than an artful > application of channel mixer & curves? If so, which tools really work > for you? If not, do some of you have favorite ratios & shapes for the > manual method? > > I promise I'll search the archives since I've been out of touch with > this list for awhile but since this sort of thing seems like an > ever-changing game I thought I'd throw this out there. > > I'm also interested in knowing how people feel about the use of color > vs B&W for documentary-style snapping in general, although I suppose it > really depends on the individual image... > > Bob Palmieri > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad