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Old 04-26-2009, 11:46 PM   #7323
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever View Post
You should play with the B&W colour sliders in ACR to get the tones the way you want them, or play with the channel mixer in monochrome mode.

Image>adjustments>channel mixer -click the 'monochrome' box. Just make sure the total exposure doesn't go over 100% to avoid blown highlights.

The approximate slider values to simulate traditional B&W filters:

on this note, there is actually a great article in "digital photo pro" (one of the best magazines) on making great black and whites.

I'll see if i can scan it.
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