"kpp@xxxxxxxxxx" <kpp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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? Color negative would be my choice I think. Or the chromagenic B&W films like Ilford XP2. Silver-based B&W loses you the benefits of "ICE", which most serious consumer scanners seem to have these days. > Does having 3 different channel info to tinker with offer an > significanr advantage? The ability to do color-rendition adjustments (as we "used to" do with yellow, red, and green filters over the lens) at post-processing time can be very useful. I don't know of other benefits. > 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? I haven't found or had recommended anything interesting in that territory, but I certainly won't pretend I know there's nothing of interest lurking around there somewhere! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
