[Leica] IMG: LR Conversion

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Thanks, but I had already downloaded the demo and checked it out. It does
do conversion.

I have decided to stick with Silver Efex Pro for the time being.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 12:54 AM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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