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Subject: [Leica] B&W Conversion options - Examples
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat May 13 17:37:01 2006
References: <JKEFJPKMBLFPGPCDLJJPIEIKICAA.evegir@reachone.com> <44665673.5090109@gmx.de>

Hi Douglas,
I think you can get more out of these conversion wise.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe


Op 13-mei-06, om 23:58 heeft Douglas Sharp het volgende geschreven:

> Hello all,
> proof of steamed desserts through ingestion :-)
>
> Recent canal walk:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3893_copy_1    
> Shadows on the bridge
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3893_edited_1   
> converted
> and
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_3894_copy   
> Watching the boats go by
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/ 
> MG_3894_edited_1_copy   Conversion
>
> BW Conversion plugin from photo-plugins - without shifting the  
> sliders, film type selected as APX
>
> cheers
> Douglas
>
> Eve Girard wrote:
>
>> AND . . . my teeth don't fold back . . .
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+evegir=reachone.com@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+evegir=reachone.com@leica-users.org]On Behalf  
>> Of Douglas
>> Sharp
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:11 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Conversion options
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>> I tried two - rgb2gray and BW converter (photoplugins), both are  
>> free,
>> both work very well but the interface for rgb2grey is a bit primitive
>> and tiny.
>> With BW converter you get the option of filtering in red yellow blue
>> green cyan and magenta channels + gamma correction + 5 film type  
>> presets
>> 2 prestes for photoshop and linear filtering,
>> a grain control, color filtering and a toner control, you can also  
>> save
>> your preferences (if you find any). The display is zoomable and a  
>> left
>> mouse click is used to switch between BW and colour.
>> Disadvantages: it only works on 8-bit and only in Gatesware (not on a
>> Granny Smith machine)
>> Find it at www.photo-plugins.com (their other stuff is good too - and
>> just as free)
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> bob palmieri 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
>>>
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