Some more from the iPhone 4, all captured using ProCamera.
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Light Show
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Cool Couchon
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The River Runs High
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PerfectlyClr > Painteresque (for a contrasty, edgy look) >
Laminar: (layering: Painteresque on top, opacity 40%) >
SnapSeed:
1. B&W Neutral conversion
2. Tune Image for overall Brightness & Ambiance
3. Selective Adjust multiple control points for dodge/burn
4. Selective Adjust more points (it only allows so many points at one time)
5. Organic Frames for the border
This last one was an attempt to get a reasonable B&W conversion on my iPad(1). I've tried pretty much all the B&W apps and while some have some reasonably good looks, there's just no amount of control, and they simply don't work on all images. I'm used to using Silver Efex Pro (1), and so SnapSeed was a natural, and I do love that it does have the U-point technology. Using this you can do a fairly decent job...
The big issue is that you can't save anything... there's no way to create a preset, or a script of actions that you can then apply again. So, unless you use just the app's stock effects, each multi-step conversion is a one-off which is so time consuming that I just bring the original file into SFP on the iMac.
As much as I like SnapSeed, I think I'm going to go back and give Filterstorm Pro another try. I had a pretty good script for basic B&W, but I found the app's interface tedious to use, especially the input/output functions. I should probably give it a better look.
What are you guys & gals using for B&W that's yielding great results with at least some amount of control?
Cheers,