<i was wondering...if you were to have digital B&W images coming from scanned media what would you choose from? B&W Negegative or Color Slide for Digital B&W? Does having 3 different channel info to tinker with offer an significanr advantage?> Kostas Absolutely no question in my mind. If I scan B&W negs - or positives - I prefer to have all three colur channels independantly even though they are supposedly supplying the same info. The difference is the noise level and resolution may not be the same in all three and you get to choose. If you scan "in B&W" on a colour scanner you are in essence letting the scanner manufacturer decide for you. <as an aside... Starting froma greyscale image and converting it to RGB, is making channels into layers and tinkering with them (including blending modes) any good?> Can't see much point in that. You may as well just duplicte the layers? The only time I split greyscale into channels and recombine is for making anaglyphs. Bob _____________________________________________________________________________________ http://www.mailbox.gr ÁðïêôÞóôå äùñåÜí ôï ìïíáäéêü óáò e-mail. http://www.thesuperweb.gr Website ìå ÁóöáëÝò Controlpanel áðü 6 Euro êáé äþñï ôï domain óáò!