I didn't like the color version of this image at all, but the b&w is actually very nice. Strange.
Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/25/2005 3:22:00 AM Pacific > Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/wiwgr.html > > > > Frank and a couple of others wanted to see a > somewhat different > > version of > > this pic, and since i was in a mood to fool around > in PS, here's a B&W > > version with, perhaps, a less distracting > background. > > > > A split channel technique was used for the > conversion. That's where a > > color image is split into its three component > channels, which are then > > stacked one upon the other as layers in a certain > order, depending on > > which > > channel looks best and the closest to the intended > final image on top. > > Then each channel is adjusted for tonality and > light, and blended for > > opacity, before being flattened into a single > layer. You can even > > discard > > a channel/layer, as in this case where the blue > channel was discarded, > > leaving the image to be made up of the red and > green channels only. > > The > > technique offers a lot of control, but is time > consuming, and the > > effort > > may not be worth the work for some images. Still, > it's a nice > > technique to > > know. > > > > Shel > > > ============= > A LOT better, Shel. Although I still think she's > squinting from the sun. But > it improves it a great deal. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
