PSE6's b&w converter, along with its color channel options, works well.
Jack --- On Mon, 12/1/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Blank & White Metering > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 9:02 AM > In a message dated 11/30/2008 8:48:17 P.M. Pacific Standard > Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The list has done it. I have been looking at all the > fantastic Black & > white photos and have had trouble with drool. (Anybody > want to purchase > a slightly damp keyboard?)I would like to try some > B&W. > > Do I whip out my Gossen and open up 3 stops from white? > Is this > something I can do in Raw Processing? (Or should do?) For > the moment, I > am sticking with PSE 3 but have kept Raw as up-to-date as > I can. Are > these workable for processing. > > Or do I buy a roll of Tri-X and a new bottle of Rodinol? > -- > > =============== > I just use Elements 5 B&W conversion. It's one of > the menu choices (so 6 > would have it too). It's pretty basic, but you can > add/subtract red, green, blue > during the conversion. Which I find very useful. > > Much as I've tried I've never really gotten into > Photoshop. > > Lightroom does a nice B&W conversion as well. My new > camera will shoot B&W, > which I suppose is nice, but, actually I don't see the > point, since I shoot > RAW anyway. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be > censored. > > **************Life should be easier. So should your > homepage. Try the NEW > AOL.com. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
