Color photos into B & W

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Robert John Guttke
May 6, 2004
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Any suggestions for the best approach to achieving sterling results? I’m accustomed to my darkroom printing but have just purchased a digital camera. I need pointers on the best way to make a rich black & photograph.

Thank you!

Robert John Guttke
www.guttke.com
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Stephan
May 6, 2004
If you are starting from a color image covert to BW with Channel Mixer, (Monochrome checked)
Curves will let you fine tune the density and contrast, point at a part of your image and see the little circle on the diagonal line in the curve window, drag it up or down, you’ll see what it does.
Then, as in the wet lab, Dodge and Burn carefully.
Printing is a bit of a problem if you use an inkjet unless you get good inks and paper.
Check Lyson.com and go to Quad Black Inks for example

Stephan

"Robert John Guttke" wrote in message
Any suggestions for the best approach to achieving sterling results? I’m accustomed to my darkroom printing but have just purchased a digital
camera.
I need pointers on the best way to make a rich black & photograph.
Thank you!

Robert John Guttke
www.guttke.com

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V1nc3nt
May 6, 2004
"Robert John Guttke" wrote in message
Any suggestions for the best approach to achieving sterling results? I’m accustomed to my darkroom printing but have just purchased a digital
camera.
I need pointers on the best way to make a rich black & photograph.
Thank you!

Robert John Guttke
www.guttke.com
Russel Brown has got an interesting technique:
http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html
Click on "More Tips" and download "Seeing Black & White"
RJ
Robert John Guttke
May 7, 2004
"Stephan" wrote in message
If you are starting from a color image covert to BW with Channel Mixer, (Monochrome checked)
Curves will let you fine tune the density and contrast, point at a part of your image and see the little circle on the diagonal line in the curve window, drag it up or down, you’ll see what it does.
Then, as in the wet lab, Dodge and Burn carefully.
Printing is a bit of a problem if you use an inkjet unless you get good
inks
and paper.
Check Lyson.com and go to Quad Black Inks for example

Stephan

Thank you!
RJ
Robert John Guttke
May 7, 2004
"V1nc3nt" wrote in message
"Robert John Guttke" wrote in message
Any suggestions for the best approach to achieving sterling results?
I’m
accustomed to my darkroom printing but have just purchased a digital
camera.
I need pointers on the best way to make a rich black & photograph.
Thank you!

Robert John Guttke
www.guttke.com
Russel Brown has got an interesting technique:
http://www.russellbrown.com/body.html
Click on "More Tips" and download "Seeing Black & White"

Thank you!
GF
G_F
May 7, 2004
robert,

Go here

http://www.adobe.com/tips/phs8colorbw/main.html

G
RJ
Robert John Guttke
May 7, 2004
"G_F" wrote in message
robert,

Go here

http://www.adobe.com/tips/phs8colorbw/main.html

G
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SamMan
May 7, 2004
"Robert John Guttke" wrote in message
Any suggestions for the best approach to achieving sterling results? I’m accustomed to my darkroom printing but have just purchased a digital
camera.
I need pointers on the best way to make a rich black & photograph.
Thank you!

Robert John Guttke
www.guttke.com

Very good tut…
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/b-w_better.shtml

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