[filmscanners] RE: B&W from Color

["Lucans, Gunars" <gunars@spss.com>]

Take a look at Fred Miranda's B/W Workflow Pro at 
http://www.fredmiranda.com/software.  It's a Photoshop plugin for ver. 6, 7 and 
CS (Win and Mac).

Also, here's a link to several threads on b/w conversion on the DPreview forum:

        http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=7475823

I've read about the LAB space conversion method, but haven't used it myself and 
don't have a reference handy.  I'll look it up later if no one else responds.

Gunars

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk 
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] 
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 3:02 PM
> To: Lucans, Gunars
> Subject: [filmscanners] B&W from Color
> 
> Is anyone on the list using any special tools for converting 
> color images to black and white? I've heard of work flows 
> where you convert to LAB space and throw away the A and B. 
> I'm looking for a plug-in or stand alone program that 
> converts the image in a specific way.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated!
> 
> Jack Phipps
> 
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