Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I agree. I have used Silver Efex for some time and it is excellent. I don't use the film presets that often, though Acros is pretty good. I have Exposure 3 also, which has Agfa Scala, my all-time favorite, plus many of the color films. Ken -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:03 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] LR4 cvt to bw Lew My advice, buy Silver Efex Pro 2 Best! Lluis El 14/08/2012, a las 19:54, Lew Schwartz escribi?: > IMO, in LR4 Development mode, when you convert a color image to bw via > selecting treatment -> black and white, we get the equivalent of > printing a color negative on BW paper, ie not so good. OTOH, further > down the right hand panel, there's an HSL (hue, saturation, luminance) > panel, if we click B&W there, we can, in effect, create the black and > white image we would have gotten if we could have used any > number/combination of filters with black and white film. > > I really don't want the filtered bw film look, rather, I'm just trying > to duplicate the tri-x look, the plus-x look, etc ... I don't want to > buy Silver Efex yet ... so do any of you guys have some diy presets > you'd care to share? > > > Man! What a lot of words for a simple idea! > > -LS > > _______________________________________________ > 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