On 2 Dec 2004 at 22:56, Doug Franklin wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:15:05 -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > It's terrible. Desaturating an image is the WORST way to make a B&W > > conversion. > > How does desaturating the image compare to converting to CIE*Lab format > and taking only the Luminance channel?
Using the Luminance channel only in Lab format gives exactly the same result as converting to grayscale. Desaturating (in PS) without adjusting the other sliders gives a completely different weight to the colours in the grayscale conversion. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
