Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ira. I will add that to the wealth of information that I have acquired today. It seems that the collective wisdom of the LUG is infinite in scope. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <ISILVERMN@aol.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Modern Services, Old Presentation > Jim, > > A few years ago, B. D. Colen offered the following Photoshop steps to > convert digital color to an approximation of Tri-X. I've been pretty > happy with > the results: > > 1) Open File and File>Save-As: > > 2) Image>Adjustments>Channel Mixer: Red 43%; Blue 33%; Green 24%. Check > "monochrome". > > 3) Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask: Amount=15; Radius=55; Threshold=1. > > 4) Filter>Noise>Add Noise: 4%. > > I hope it works for you. > > Best Regards, > > Ira Silverman > Irvine, CA > > On 2/1/2009 Jim Nichols _jhnichols@lighttube.net_ > (mailto:jhnichols@lighttube.net) wrote > > I have been looking at various ways to show digital images as B&W. Many > of > the images I see on the LUG gallery come close to film images, but I have > not > been getting to that point. This was made with my E-510 and Elmarit-R > 28/2.8 as a RAW image and converted to B&W, then sepia, in Elements 6.0. > > I know that there are specialty converters available, but have not tried > them as yet. If anyone has suggestions, please comment. > > One local problem is the haze level and lack of blue sky for contrast. > > _http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Modern+Services.tif.html_ > (http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Modern+Services.tif.html) > > Comments and critiques welcomed. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://www.dell.com/co > ntent/products/features.aspx/laptops_great_deals?c=us%26cs=19%26l=en%26s=d > hs%26~ck=anavml) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >