I've also found that changing the temperature of the light in the RAW converter will affect the look af a subsequent BW conversion. You can also adjust individual color values, which again will afftect the way they convert given a specific channel distribution. Paul
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:17:48 -0500, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > > >In B&W we can affect contrast and gray-level representation of color with > >the > use of filters. Some on the camera, some on the enlarger. > > > >What I'm thinking of is really a question about the "raw" format. Is it > >truely > "raw", the simple captured sensor data. > >If it is, are there techniques in place to allow later treatment of the data > >as > though it were the original light, > >making it monochrome, filtering the colors, and anything else > >that I'd like to do on the front end. > > In Photoshop under the Adjustments menu there is an option for "Photo > filter". You can add a variety of in built filters to the colour > picture and then desaturate. This should give the effect of having > taken the image with the filter in the first place. I haven't tried > it, but I would be interested in hearing from those who do a lot of > black and white as to how well it does work. > > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > >
