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Jun 09, 2009 at 02:00 PM

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p.3 #2 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Tagged for future reference.
Thanks a lot guys.

Jul 03, 2009 at 01:21 PM

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p.3 #3 · Sharing B/W Workflows

YAY!
This is what I was looking for, black and white work flows.

Thanks for all the information

*drools*

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:42 PM

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p.3 #4 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Bumping this in case this might be useful to some people.

Oct 14, 2009 at 02:39 AM

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eric kim wrote:
Bumping this in case this might be useful to some people.

This REALLY needs to be a sticky!

Oct 14, 2009 at 11:42 AM

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p.3 #6 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Eric,
I agree about this being a sticky.
Have you PM'd guardian, the FM moderator of this forum, to see if it is possible?

Great thread, with, I assume, more updates in our processes and more additions from other members as times goes on. Thanks for starting this and to everyone for sharing so generously.

Scott

Oct 14, 2009 at 12:57 PM

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p.3 #7 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Wow! Eric thanks for starting this and bumping ever so often. Wouldn't have known it was here without the recent bump. Currently my process is simple, which is odd since my roots are in B&W film:

* Shoot Raw
* Import into Aperture
* Do basic cropping, sharpening etc. in Aperture
* Call SilverEfex plug-in for basic B&W conversion
* Effects very but I'm quite fond of "high structure" and several of the older film grains.
* Output varies, most often to web but a fair amount of printing with a i9900.

Oct 14, 2009 at 04:14 PM

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p.3 #8 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Bumping for more input and ideas.

I have been trying SilverEfex and the "High Structure" filter in that software. It's a one click solution that gets you to where you want to be with minimal hassle.

I'll have to admit I'm loving the ease of use and time saving factor of that one click conversion.

Here some examples. **note** I'm a novice with SilverEfex at this point but I see it's promise.

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Canon EOS 5D 35 mm f/1.6 1/500 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

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Canon EOS 5D 35 mm f/1.8 1/2500 sec 400 ISO 0.0 EV

Oct 15, 2009 at 06:09 AM

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p.3 #9 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Thanks for the bump! Just found this thread. +1 for sticky.

Oct 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM

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sbeme wrote:
Eric,
I agree about this being a sticky.
Have you PM'd guardian, the FM moderator of this forum, to see if it is possible?

Great thread, with, I assume, more updates in our processes and more additions from other members as times goes on. Thanks for starting this and to everyone for sharing so generously.

Scott

I pm'd him a while back, but he didn't respond. I guess I can pm him again.

Eric

Oct 16, 2009 at 09:43 PM

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p.3 #11 · Sharing B/W Workflows

I'll PM him; Eric, why dont you as well. Maybe others chime in?

Scott

Oct 16, 2009 at 10:11 PM

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p.3 #12 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Bump

Oct 21, 2009 at 03:08 AM

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p.3 #13 · Sharing B/W Workflows

PM'd guardian 4 days ago.
No response.

Oct 21, 2009 at 06:12 AM

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p.3 #14 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried e-mailing Guardian? If he doesn't look at the forum regularly and has it set not to email him when there is a PM to him, he won't know about the PMs for awhile. If his email address is current in the forum registration, he will receive the email immediately.

Of course, he may not check his email regularly either.

Just a suggestion.

Cal

Oct 21, 2009 at 11:33 AM

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p.3 #15 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Good suggestion.
Want to go for it?
I'm thinking he will probably need to know that there are a significant nuimber of FM'ers requesting the sticky. The more voices, the better.
Scott

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Oct 21, 2009 at 12:30 PM

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p.3 #16 · Sharing B/W Workflows

I'm not a great choice to do this, since I've never posted a B&W image to the forum... well maybe that makes me a better choice, since I have a huge amount to learn. I will email him today.

Cal

Oct 21, 2009 at 12:39 PM

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p.3 #17 · Sharing B/W Workflows

calk wrote:
I'm not a great choice to do this, since I've never posted a B&W image to the forum... well maybe that makes me a better choice, since I have a huge amount to learn. I will email him today.

Cal

and others can chime in.....

Oct 21, 2009 at 01:35 PM

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We should just flood him with emails, or maybe shoot a PM to Fred Miranda

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Oct 21, 2009 at 04:06 PM

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p.3 #19 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Done.

Cal

sbeme wrote:
Good suggestion.
Want to go for it?
I'm thinking he will probably need to know that there are a significant nuimber of FM'ers requesting the sticky. The more voices, the better.
Scott

Oct 21, 2009 at 07:05 PM

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p.3 #20 · Sharing B/W Workflows

Bob Jarman wrote:
lazlo369 wrote:
Some great workflow ideas.
I mainly use Capture Nx and once in a while I use Lightroom.
Save my files in .nef and than the ones I use for the web I save it as .jpg as well.

Interesting - as an NX user also, do you use any 'sets' that are broadly applicable?

Which conversion workflow do you use? I'd like to pick your brain for everything NX - marvel at your work & site.

Thanks,

Bob

Bob
I use the regular conversion a lot, but for sepia toning I use the Color Overlay setting with a dark sepia color and adjust the opacity as needed.
I do save my settings, but they are usually just a starting point.
You can have a nice effect as well if you do some blurring of your image and set the blending mode to Overlay ( again adjust Opacity as needed)
If you want I can send you some of my settings.

Oct 23, 2009 at 11:48 PM

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