Interactive B&W Conversion?
Thanks for the reply, Elwin.
Digikam does a great job of allowing you to pick
* Film Type (Agfa Pan 100, Kodak Tri-X, etc.)
* Lens Filters (Red, Orange, Blue, etc.)
* Tone (Sepia, Selenium, Platinum)
It does this by showing a thumbnail of what your image would look like
with the parameter applied. See
http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/photographic-editing.html#blackandwhite-conversion
for a good description of how it works. Warning: this page has LOTS of
images, so it will take a while to load.
I use the Digikam editor for a lot of photos that don't need much work,
but when I need to call up Gimp, I'd like to be able to have this ease
of use. The Digikam tool is the type of plugin I was hoping to find.
The techniques you referenced are indeed good to have in one's arsenal,
but the majority of time a good image can be made using the simpler
method :-)
Paul
Elwin Estle wrote:
Would this do what you want?
http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/Color2BW/
--- Paul Waldo wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for a plugin that will help me convert a color image to
Black and White. I have looked at the Plugin Registry and found a
couple that do this, but they are not interactive. I would like to see
for example, the difference between a yellow filter and a red filter
are, and toggle back and forth between them. Is there anything out
there that will do that? Did I just miss it in the registry? Thanks in
advance!
Paul
