[Leica] Platinum duotone for B&W

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Because the whole time your learning how to use their KPT alien skin baloney
better or whatever the latest colorful gizmo is you're not learning how to
use Photoshop better. And that's needed wasteful time.
Then the little company goes out of business or Photoshop buys them or
incorporates what's useful into the application itself; if its worth
anything. Or it just appears in the program in the next upgrade.
I've wasted too much time on such stuff sure I've gotten distracted buying
all kinds of stuff.
Then I have to go back and remind myself how to use Photoshop.
I'm not spending any more money on such frivolities and distractions.
I may get some noise help though as I shot way too much stuff at iso 1600
and my computer does not show my what's happening with the raw filter till I
reopen the file again as a Photoshop file. In need somthin I can work with
real time.

Has there been a problem with 99 % of what Photoshop does?
Duotones you can download for free from a million Photoshop cult websites.
Has it not failed to amaze me every time I use the tools which come in the
Photoshop package and present a useful creative challenge and solution?
The the in effect support group of millions of people who've had it the
center of their photography life  for decades.
Then why am I shopping for trinkets and distractions?
Has Photoshop come up short on an array solution which needs a fix?
Seldom and few and far between.
No ones saying "I could never do this in Photoshop very well but now I have
this now I can really work!!".
Its just "I have Photoshop and now I have also this".
I used to have 200 bucks and now I don't.
It just comes across a little bit mindless don't you think?
What have you learned on Photoshop this week?
Where is your Photoshop right now?


Mark William Rabiner



> From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:28:51 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Platinum duotone for B&W
> 
> What is the difference
> if one
> does it oneself in
> PhotoShop
> Lightroom
> Aperture
> Silver Efex
> CaptureOne
> or