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Subject: [Leica] B&W Conversion options - Examples
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat May 13 14:58:22 2006
References: <JKEFJPKMBLFPGPCDLJJPIEIKICAA.evegir@reachone.com>

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:
>
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>
>>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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Replies: Reply from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Canal photos)
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