Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M9 Images
Roger,
So far, I've done all my conversions in LR2, using the M9 color profiles on the ChromaSoft site that you mentioned in another thread. Those profiles have helped my color processing, but don't seem to make too much difference in the B&Ws.
Here's my basic processing steps:
- Adjust color temperature for normal color processing (really helps the B&W)
- Adjust exposure (no highlight clipping)
- Hit the "Greyscale" button at top-right
- Hit "auto" on Grayscale mix (this is a good starting point)
- Use the targetted selection tool in Grayscale mix to adjust color filters to taste
- Set "Clarity" to around +40 (much higher for B&W than I use for color)
- Pump up contrast using curves (i.e. +15 for Lights; -15 for Darks)
- Use local adjustment brush for fine-tuned dodge / burn
- Sharpen at relatively high rate (i.e. ~40)
- Ajdust Radius, Detail, and Masking per subject matter (for portraits, I usuall use a radius of 1.2, Detail of ~30, and Masking of ~50)
- Ad post-crop vignette to taste (for portraits)
I've created some basic User Presets that do most of this for me automatically, and then I just go through and fine tune for a specific image.
Hope that helps,
Mike