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

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Subject: [Leica] B&W conversion
From: zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:13:26 -0600
References: <4F27010C-6CAF-4D34-800E-1EBA6492DF01@aotera.org> <7DC32F97-65D1-46D6-B56B-04FB44D09813@frozenlight.eu> <07DC5130-3501-40C4-8390-660C7D5CED9B@gmail.com>

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)
In reply to: Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] B&W conversion)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] B&W conversion)
Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] B&W conversion)