For CS2, he'd probably suggest creating a Hue/Saturation adjustment level, and then taking the saturation (ie the color intensity) down to 0.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
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Theodosia - Jan 07, 2008 6:50:40 am PST #4129 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
lori - Jan 07, 2008 6:57:12 am PST #4130 of 25501
I haven't done really any monkeying around with images other than a random click here and there in iPhoto, but selecting iPhoto's simple b&w option, then "enhancing" really beefs up the saturation and contrast. I are simple.
§ ita § - Jan 07, 2008 7:08:00 am PST #4131 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That seems to give me the same results as just going with Desaturate, and that's awfully flat.
For this original, desaturation in either CS2 or PSP gives about this, whereas by splitting into RGB channels and tweaking how I can recombine them I can get something more shapeful like this. And there are a number of different ways to tweak.
One criticism is the original image, but even if I tweak it so that I love the colours, it's not doing service to the B&W within. And I never had this much trouble exposing B&W on film.
eta: and enhancing using PSP's autocontrast option after the greyscaling isn't wonderful either.
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2008 7:17:39 am PST #4132 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't suppose there are any consumer B&W digital cameras... any non-consumer models?
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le nubian - Jan 07, 2008 7:25:27 am PST #4133 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tom Scola - Jan 07, 2008 7:26:29 am PST #4134 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
His whole rant would carry a lot more weight if he didn't shoot his films in SD video.
shrift - Jan 07, 2008 8:39:28 am PST #4135 of 25501
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Anyone have an idea why PDFMaker would just stop working when attempting to convert files to PDF from Microsoft Word and Excel?
Wolfram - Jan 07, 2008 9:00:54 am PST #4136 of 25501
Visilurking
shrift - Jan 07, 2008 9:07:23 am PST #4137 of 25501
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Problem is, it's my work machine and I'm just trying to put off calling desktop services.
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2008 9:10:24 am PST #4138 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is a complete stab-in-the-dark, but are you logged in as a different user than normal? Have you tried rebooting?
What happens when you try to use PDFMaker? Does it fail? or is the option not available at all?