There are certain times when you want and need to control various channels.
#Dxo filmpack vs alien skin exposure pro#
Of course everyone has their own favorite little way of doing this.Īfter years of using channel mixer, then later mostly adjusting color channels in 'raw' before moving over to Photoshop, I decided to try Silver Efex Pro 2.0. I like B&W for what it is and am not trying to emulate film so much as working up a B&W image. When I started with photography, I did shoot B&W film and only B&W for the first years. I did turn off the left pane previews which I do not like in Silver Efex and like to work up my own from scratch as far as contrast, structure, toning and the like are concerned.
Much of the time I turn off Grain but use it for some images. Opposite of Ton, I find several of the Film presets in Silver Efex to be very good and work from there if one works well with an image. I use DXO for RAW conversion but my answer was based on the DXO Filmpack plugin alone but that is integrated into DXO optics as well. Yes, you can work on PS layers to achieve something like this but it is a great feature in the plugin. Silver Efex also has U Point which is a very good way to work on specific points in an image. One important thing I forgot to add here. I'm always looking for a better or more sophisticated BW conversion app, so let's keep the experiences and Shulman himself was blownĪway by the quality and fidelity of the prints. On archival pigment prints made on fiber paper, all scanned negatives printed digitally. Institute to produce his last e big xhibit (LA Library exhibit in 2007) Julius himself was persuaded by the Getty Research STUNNING and indistinguishable from chemical printing. The cost factor is over 300% difference! You can get digital fiber prints now that are
Printed but then I realized that most pro printing involves scans nowadays, unless you pay an arm-and-a-leg for For a while I had switched to film because I liked it better I like my BW with a slight warm tone and lots of DR. I used Yosemite in a candid portrait of famed photographer Julius Shulman, who actually bought the portraitįrom me and has been published in Taschen's 3-volume book on Shulman: It'sįantastic for landscapes with clouds and big skys, creating an amazingly convincing burn of the sky a-la AnselĪdams. Most of my pre 2007 work (done on a D70) was converted into BW using the Yosemite action ($5 to purchase). Opening 2 weeks ago most people, all artists and architects, could not immediately tell that my pieces were actually I have an exhibit up right now of 25 of my photographs out in Bristol, Rhode Island (I'm based in LA). I use the GORMAN action in CS3 (free) so far it's the best BW conversion tool I have found for the type of BW I like. I'm always looking for a better or more sophisticated BW conversion app, so let's keep the experiences and references commin' Shulman himself was blown away by the quality and fidelity of the prints. Julius himself was persuaded by the Getty Research Institute to produce his last e big xhibit (LA Library exhibit in 2007) The cost factor is over 300% difference! You can get digital fiber prints now that are STUNNING and indistinguishable from chemical printing. For a while I had switched to film because I liked it better printed but then I realized that most pro printing involves scans nowadays, unless you pay an arm-and-a-leg for hand/chemical printing. Some layer masking was done to increase DR and shadow detail around the Sinar camera on the left. I used Yosemite in a candid portrait of famed photographer Julius Shulman, who actually bought the portrait from me and has been published in Taschen's 3-volume book on Shulman:
It's fantastic for landscapes with clouds and big skys, creating an amazingly convincing burn of the sky a-la Ansel Adams. During the opening 2 weeks ago most people, all artists and architects, could not immediately tell that my pieces were actually digital BW.
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