Yeah, LR has sliders for each color (10 or 12 different colors and shades, IIRC). I really like how LR handles B&W conversions.
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:21 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > >> I've been looking at a lot of digital b&w work this week. >> >> When you digitroids do this, do you employ filters like we filmaniacs do? >> I'm thinking that this might be a good Saturday a.m. experiment. >> >> When I look at the work on Pentax photo gallery, the B&w efforts >> seem to share a common fault: 3 tones -- near-black, near-white, zone 6. >> There just is not the tonal variance. > > That's probably the result of sloppy conversions. I don't employ filters, but > I convert using the ACR BW function, which allows you to control the gray > level of each color independently. It's actually superior to BW film in many > ways. I believe Lightroom offers similar conversion features. > Paul > > >> Sincerely, >> >> Collin Brendemuehl >> http://kerygmainstitute.org >> >> "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" >> -- Jim Elliott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
