Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In this case I usually stretch the dynamic range and dodge and burn afterwards. Wether by using the highlight/shadow feature in PS, or by the DRI pro plug-in of Fred Miranda. BTW, it's also included in the BW Workflow Pro plug-in, too: 4 possible stretching levels. But in the end: if it's not in the neg, it won't appear in the pos either. No matter what stretching you do. So it might be better to determin the main zone before you shoot. > From: Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:43:35 -0800 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] OT: B&W Studio for... B&W film? > > I know a number of the luggers use B&W Studio for B&W conversion etc. Are > there any values for users starting with B&W images (e.g. scanned Tri X)? > In particular, the "zones" filter seems somewhat interesting. > > Related to that, if I understand the zone system correctly, it's about > placing tonal values on whatever zones the photographer wants. With > photoshop, we can do it with curves of course, but I am wondering if anyone > would be interested in a (tool/plug-in) that allows you to specify where > the place the zones, e.g. may be by default, it will displace "zone masks" > over the picture, and you can specify where you really want the tonal zones > to fall and the SW will move / compress / extend the tonal ranges to match > what you want. Does that make sense? > > Or is this what the "zones" in B&W Studio or some other tools do already? > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >