How are you processing your B&W images? Pho

9 years 9 months ago #390272 by Jason Oldman
Afternoon everyone, 

I'm looking at adding more B&W photos to what I do and wondering how do most process their B&W images?  Photoshop, Lightroom, Camera Raw or some sort of Plugin?   

I have seen a number of choices come up in my searches, but looking for hands on feedback and preference please.  


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9 years 9 months ago #390284 by garyrhook
Camera Raw == Lightroom. They have the same engine AFAIK.

I do my conversions in LR, and tweak in PS using some Topaz Labs tools They make a BW plug-in, which you can try out for free.

Nik has "Silver EFX" (?) or some such for conversions.  It's very popular.

Frankly, I think it's more fun to learn to do it myself, thus LR and PS.


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9 years 9 months ago #390285 by Joves
:agree:
Yeah that is pretty much how I do it as well. You just use your color channel adjustments to tweak the desaturated image for effect. It is fairly straight forward. You can also add grain by adding noise, but that is only good up to a certain point. The best way to learn is as usual play with it, and more importantly have fun playing with it.


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9 years 9 months ago #390506 by Garbo
80% in LR and rest in PS

Nikon D300: 24-70 2.8 | 70-200 2.8 VR |Sigma 150 2.8 | 50 1.4 | SB-800
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9 years 9 months ago #390553 by Jason Oldman
I guess I'm jumping on YouTube today for some video's B&W in PS and LR! :thumbsup:   Thank you for the help


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9 years 9 months ago #391238 by Happy-pixel
Lightroom and then finish it off in Photoshop


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9 years 9 months ago #391281 by Tuscan Muse
PS with a Topaz plugin
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9 years 9 months ago #391665 by Kenta
LR and Nik Software


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9 years 9 months ago #392019 by Stealthy Ninja
Silver Efex or go home.
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9 years 9 months ago #392315 by Eliffman
Silver Efex and LR


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9 years 9 months ago - 9 years 9 months ago #392316 by McBeth Photography
I'm a little torn right now for a favorite. for me it's a tie between Ilford Ilfotec DDX and Adox Adonal. If I am shooting a lot of Pan F Plus then I will stick with the DDX because of the limited shelf life, and for the once in a while shooting I'll go with the Adonal (aka Rodinal) because of the 40+ year shelf life.  

For digital conversions I just use Lightroom 4 manually. :)

It is what it is.
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9 years 9 months ago - 9 years 9 months ago #392360 by Stealthy Ninja

McBeth Photography wrote: I'm a little torn right now for a favorite. for me it's a tie between Ilford Ilfotec DDX and Adox Adonal. If I am shooting a lot of Pan F Plus then I will stick with the DDX because of the limited shelf life, and for the once in a while shooting I'll go with the Adonal (aka Rodinal) because of the 40+ year shelf life.  



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9 years 9 months ago #393406 by Overread

Eliffman wrote: Silver Efex and LR




Same with me, but most of the time it's in LR


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9 years 8 months ago #394112 by Camera Diva
Silver Efex

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9 years 8 months ago #394561 by Jason Oldman
Just wanted to thank you all for all the answers!


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