Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information