[Leica] Monochrome Post S/W?

[Robert Adler]

Just an add-on to Lluis' email. If you do your raw processing in Capture 1,
you will not be able to open it in CC as a smart object. That's because CC
only works with Adobe raw and not C1 raw. So basically exports from C1will
be .tifs that CC then opens up as its base layer...

No doubt this makes it all much easier, eh Frank? ;-)


Bob Adler
www.robertadlerphotography.com
*"Capturing Light One Frame At A Time"*

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 5:32 PM, lluisripollphotography <
lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Frank,
>
> I have almost nothing to say after the explanations from Bob and Tina, I
> would like only say that in my days before to have the Monochrome I’ve
> experimented a lot about the best conversions, and my conclusion is that
> first at all you shall made a good color image, later I converted it in B&W
> using Capture One and finally I apply Silver Efex Pro 2, but lately not
> always or I apply it very softly, because it reach very easily the lights
> and contrasts and sometimes gives a fake or a unnatural B&W appearance, in
> my previous experience if the conversion with Capture One was correct the
> use of Silver Efex Pro 2 shall be very slow.
>
> I have used a few times DxO, but only on certain cases that the picture
> needed a certain “imperfect” appearance, like grainy film, if the original
> picture was defective in focus.
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
>
> > El 7 març 2016, a les 17:36, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> va
> escriure:
> >
> > Hi Frank,
> > Whenever you leave LR, you can open your RAW edited file in PS as a smart
> > object (last selection in the "Edit in" options. This allows you to go
> back
> > into Adobe RAW editor at any time. Keep it as the first layer.
> >
> > PS does not save files as raw files: only as .tif, .psd, etc... But
> having
> > that layer as a smart layer allows you to open that .tif file and then go
> > back into that smart object and change the raw editing.
> >
> > As for BW, I do it in PS and use luminosity layers, curve layers and
> level
> > layers to play around with it after using a smart filter layer in PS to
> > adjust filter effects. Final act is to use NIK software, but usually
> after
> > I've edited with tons of layers in CC15, it doesn't provide a whole lot
> > extra. I also play a bit around with DxO files for different film types.
> > Works well.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Bob
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> When you wish to change from Color to B+W, from RAW files, what SW do
> you
> >> use?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> LR and PS of course will do this.. what about other tools?
> >>
> >> Did you find tools that really do not work well/easily?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If you happen to know, in what format is the final edited image saved?
> >> JPG?
> >> RAW with Sidecar file?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Can the saved file be imported into LR or PS and then worked on
> >> additionally?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Frank Filippone
> >>
> >> Red735i at verizon.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Best,
> > Bob
> >
> > Bob Adler
> > www.robertadlerphotography.com
> >
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