Digital BW, The Print

Hello Chris,

>But is there any disadvantage to working this way?  Clayton Jones 
>recommends converting to greyscale directly after doing the B&W 
>conversion of a color file and then doing levels, curves, etc. in 
>greyscale mode.  Doing it that way I'd lose out on all of the 
>increased control I have over the B&W image using layers that are 
>only possible in RGB space.

My approach assumes that a BW print is made from a grayscale image. 
It's a very straightforward and simple approach.  Obviously if you
want to do fancy things with colors and layers that can only be done
with an RGB file, then you will have to use an RGB file.  

It seems obvious to me that if you want to do things with colors, then
you need a color file.  And likewise, if you don't want to do things
with colors, then there is no need for a color file.  It really is
that simple.

The reason I change to grayscale is I don't do things with colors, and
therefore don't see any reason to use three times more file space than
is necessary.  

The reason I change to grayscale before doing the work on the image,
is that whatever operations are done take less time (because the file
is smaller).  I don't see any reason to take more time than is necessary.


Regards,
Clayton


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