Thanks, Brian! I don't have Photoshop, but it was good to see all those images side by side, so thanks for that. Cheers, Christine
On Jan 7, 2012, at 10:52 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > While browsing around the web looking for tips on B&W conversion, I came > across this Cheat Sheet which allows you to quickly see the effects of > various conversion options on a particular image. > > http://www.diyphotography.net/black-white-cheatsheet-for-photoshop > > It looks useful but the instructions are a bit cryptic so this is how > I've been using it. > > Note that it's for Photoshop CS3 (and presumably later). > > 1. Download the cheat sheet PSD file from the link above. > 2. Open the image you want to convert and resize to 2500 pixels wide > (not 1500 as indicated on that page) > 3. Copy that image to the clipboard and then discard it (obviously don't > save it over the top of the original image). > 4. Open the cheat sheet PSD and double click the top 'Original' layer > icon. This will open a new image window with a large 'X' > 5. Paste your image into that window, flatten and then close the window. > Select 'Yes' when asked to save - it just saves it to a temp directory > and it can be discarded later. > 6. Photoshop will now churn through a series of different conversions > that you can compare. > > If you want to, you can open the 'top', mid' and 'bottom' layers and > tweak the various settings to check the effect. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders > wherever you are > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
