[Leica] Platinum duotone for B&W

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Silver Efex Pro is a good program, it simplifies a lot of functions, like
split toning for example. It is similar to other plug ins that I use, like
the Photokit suite, or Nik Dfine. Obviously you could do the same things in
Photoshop, but do you want to spend the time figuring it out? I dont. YMMV.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:43 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> Photoshop has had  "Variations" in the image adjustments menu when it comes
> to color corrections and contrast and density for decades and I'd hit that
> button often; But less and less as once you've learned the difference
> between red and magenta and cyan and blue and how to get rid of those casts
> its easier just to hit command option B and make the correction. You've
> learned to recognize a color cast.
> And yes having variations laid out in front of you all at once helps teach
> you.
> Once in a blue moon I get a case of the stupids and hit that variations
> button again.
>
>
> 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 14:59:47 -0500
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Platinum duotone for B&W
> >
> > Quite correct, Richard.
> > The ability to press one button to compare many variations
> > saves a whole lot of time - the tweaking to personal taste remains a
> > manual choice.
> > A bit like using test strips in the darkroom to knudge you toward the
> > final decisions.
> >
> > Regards,
> > George Lottermoser
> > george at imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> >
> > On Jul 8, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
>
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