[Leica] IMG: LR Conversion

[B. D. Colen]

I’m not sure what you mean by doing conversions from color digital master files. I bring my color file into LR, go through my normal steps with it. Then go to the “process in” step, and tell it to open in True Grain. The color file then opens in whatever the last film emulation I used was, I decide what film I want to use, and the file is converted to that. I then make adjustments to grain density and the dynamic range, and save it as a BW tiff file, which I open in PS and make final  adjustments to. The conversion, to cut to the chase, occurs in True Grain. The process is a bit clunky, but I find it really doesn’t add much time to post. Also, you can save any modifications you make as profiles, and it can do batch processing. 

I hope that helps. 

B.D. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 28, 2018, at 11:12 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> BD,
> I checked out True Grain on its website, and not having it as a plugin for
> Photoshop is a PITA, and adds a clunky step into the workflow.
> 
> Nevertheless, I am planning to give it a whirl. Am I right in surmising
> that it mimics the look of various legacy B&W films, but does not do
> detailed B&W conversion from colour master digital files?
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:50 AM, B. D. COLEN <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Nothing contrarian about it. Very nice. Here’s a conversion using True
>> Grain, shot with the Fuji Xpro2…
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ProfClick/WEEK_041618_
>> 0011BeerStoreSnowBW2tg.jpg.html
>> 
>> 
>> On April 28, 2018 at 2:59:58 PM, Baron via LUG Robert (lug at leica-users.org)
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Not to be a contrarian because I haven't yet spent the $89 for True Grain
>> nor tried the demo, but here's an iPhone photo from several weeks ago,
>> converted and cropped and adjusted in the current Lightroom CC:
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/Dogs/W_APC_
>> 0316c1LucySnowBW.jpg.html
>> 
>> --Bob
>> 
>>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 1:49 PM, B. D. COLEN <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Definitely.
>>> 
>>> On April 28, 2018 at 12:39:54 PM, Carney Ken (kcarney1 at cox.net) wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think TG improves just about every b&w image. The current version has
>>> 21 film types. One thing I like is that you can use just the grain
>>> feature, if you like some other b&w conversion for the particular image.
>>> 
>>> Ken
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 4/27/2018 8:27 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> B.D.,
>>>> 
>>>> I went to the True Grain site and read the literature. It looks
>>>> interesting. I will certainly consider it. It would have been more
>>>> convenient it they had devised a way to use it as a Photoshop Filter.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> 
>>>>> On 4/27/2018 6:40 PM, B. D. COLEN wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Jim. It’s been a while. But having recently picked up a gorgeous
>>>>> M5, and resumed shooting film along side digital with my Fujis, I
>>>>> figured it might be a good time to come back to the saloon. :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> And seriously, check out True Grain - its developers got about 10,
>>>>> 120 black and white film types, developed them unexposed, scanned the
>>>>> grain, and…Voila! Closest thing you will