Digital BW, The Print

On 23/04/10 7:26 AM, "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716@...> wrote:

> I shoot bw film & scan it into tiffs for processing in PS or LR, and I'm
> looking for  tool sets that come closest to what I do in the darkroom. So
> far, I like the offerings of Nik software best. Comments, suggestions?

I really like Power Retouche Black and White Studio. . .

http://powerretouche.com/Black-white_plugin_tutorial.html

It provides a lot of creative control, and portions of it remind me directly
of the darkroom. For example, it has a Multigrade slider, which functions
just like selecting different grades of paper (e.g. Ilford Multigrade
papers). It also has a Contrast slider, which has a different impact on the
image.

I believe there is a demo version available.

Terry.