Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] B&W Conversion options
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Wed May 10 08:46:22 2006
References: <b2e81a6533288b2cc314b9bde6dcb069@depaul.edu>

also take a look at silveroxide.com they sell plugins for PS that
emulate different films, very very good


On 5/10/06, bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu> wrote:
> 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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