Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

RE: [Digital BW] printing a color image converted to b/w

2005-12-07 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: zyzzyvas
>
> using channel mixer in monochrome mode. I have a problem with the
> clothing - anyone run into problems with people wearing white shirts?
> I'm getting blow outs on part of the image because of that and can't
> figure out what to do....

You can't get blow-out that isn't there in the original unless your numbers
add up to more than 100. If that's what you're doing, I suggest backing off
the numbers proportionally, and then using a curve (or fancier tools) to
bring back the average brightness without blowing the highlights.

--

Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.