i prefer to use the channel mixer. then i get to dial in effects that are approximately what colored B&W filters do too.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:40 AM Subject: Re: greyscale > Recently at ImagingUSA2003 in Las Vegas, Gary Rogers of R9 (the brains > behind Septone) showed us one of the workflows for Grayscale conversion of > RGB images that he uses. We found it to be far superior to the standard > conversion and thought it would be helpful to share it. > > Step 1. Flatten Image > > Step 2. Create New Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer with the following > properties: > Mode: Saturation > Hue: -180 > Saturation: -100 > Lightness: +100 > > Step 3. Convert to LAB Color. Choose the Flatten Option if given. > > Step 4. Open the Channels Window and delete Channels 'A' and 'B' > > Step 5. Convert to Grayscale.
