Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] B&W conversion
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:35:00 +0100
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Jayanand
Thank you very much for your information, I'm already using Silver  
Efex Pro, I've not yet evaluated the upgrade, for the owners upgrade  
cost 99$

Cheers
Lluis


El 29/01/2011, a las 7:16, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:

> Luis,
> I think they are upgrading to Silver Efex 2 in March, so a free  
> upgrade is
> included if you buy right now:
>
> http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/usa/entry.php
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Lluis,
>>
>> As of right now there is not an option to purchase Silver Efex in  
>> the App
>> Store, it is in the Apple Store for $199. Confusing I know.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Williams
>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
>> 504-231-6261
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>
>> Chris,
>>>
>>> What do you mind?, is Aperture or Silver Efex Pro cheaper in Apple  
>>> Store?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>> El 28/01/2011, a las 23:13, Chris Williams escribi?:
>>>
>>> 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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