Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, both Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw have this functionality in their current versions, I believe. They also share the same conversion engine anyway. It is truly a marvel. ACR will even extend this capability to jpg and TIFF files, although there of course you do not have the Raw files original power. Even better, within Photoshop CS3 you can obtain a non-destructive adjustment layer specifically for BW conversion (still in 16 bit mode) with a couple of clicks. There are a number of preset options simulating various filters. You can vary each colour channel etc within those presets as you wish, too. Even better, by pointing within the preview with your cursor at a specific tonal range, say green trees for example, you can selectively adjust the filtration within that range, previewed in real time within the overall conversion. Do all of that and you can continue to manipulate that layer with no damage to the original for as long as you keep it separate. Add to that you can also control the opacity of the corrective layer. I am in heaven. I had researched a number of progressively more complex conversion methods before starting to learn these new programs. Instead, these capabilities offer enormous control and variety and are extremely easy to access. Every option I could possibly want or learn to use well. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: M8 BW conversion > Hi mi amigo! > > You have really improved your B&W conversion, I just as me if is not more > easy putting a film and a orange filter...? > > Salud! > Luis > > The fact that you are able to determine which exact color filtration to give each of your black and white shots in real time as you work with the image is a miracle of the future brought to the present. Every black and white photographers dream. You don't need to second guess yourself and burn all kinds of film bracketing with countless filters to get the optimal shot. Usually a landscape. Sometimes maybe a city scape. But any really. You can grab some of these settings and save them; But its not instantly instant is it? I'm talking about the Adobe Raw filter with Bridge and Photoshop i'm not sure if you guys are talking about that or Lightroom or both. Or how similar they are. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information