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prepress_vee · #1 (**permalink**) 08-13-2007, 12:46 PM

Anyone using the Black and White feature in PS CS3?
Any good results?

I've played with it, but still prefer the old stand-by method.
Convert to LAB - Choose Lightness Channel - adjust contrast if need be - Unsharp Mask - Convert to Grayscale - save as...

almaink · #2 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007, 11:04 AM

No but I have been using the Highlight/Shadow feature since it came out.
Got CS3 installed just haven't seen the need to use it yet.

prepress_vee · #3 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007, 11:10 AM

I guess we are the only ones that still use PS!

born2print · #4 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007, 01:52 PM

Yeah really!
Haven't used any new features as yet...
I really don't get to use PS as much as I'd like anymore, how about yous guys?

Joe · #5 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007, 02:37 PM

I don't have CS3 on my work machine yet so I haven't tried it. I watched a demo of the B&W function and it looked pretty nifty.

prepress_vee · #6 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007, 04:50 PM

Born2- No, I don't get to use PS as much as it seems that I used to.
Joe- I saw one too, I think from a link you posted.. Yabadaba-dobe or something....

Now that you mention it - they were going from Color to BW, most of what I've done so far w/ CS3 has been BW RGB Images... you know - the ones that "look ok on screen" but are really RGB!
I'll have to go back and try some more color work to BW.

Thanks for the replies..
Vee

seetomtype · #7 (**permalink**) 08-14-2007, 09:59 PM

I have PS CS3, but I haven't really needed to use the new features yet.
Luckily/unluckily I don't have to do much with PS besides clean scans and
convert color spaces. I probably would have told the boss that I'd be happy
to stick with v7, but I wanted the rest of the CS3 Des. Std. suite. Checking
CS3 out a bit more is 2nd or 3rd on my back burner list, so I'll be checking
a bit more in the next 6 months, or as time allows.

born2print · #8 (**permalink**) 08-15-2007, 07:17 AM

"Checking
CS3 out a bit more is 2nd or 3rd on my back burner list, so I'll be checking
a bit more in the next 6 months, or as time allows."

AMEN tom
Maybe "Photoshop usage" would be a good poll?
I miss the long hours of masking, comping, touchups, etc... etc... that we used to do back in the days before the CCD scanner

pspdfppd · #9 (**permalink**) 08-16-2007, 06:15 AM

We had Photoshop CS3 installed but took it off for some anoying bugs.

I did get a chance to use the black and white feature however.....it works quite well.

it's sort of like an automated feature of what I've been doing for years.......when there's a color picture that has to be converted to gray and, for example, red is on a dark blue background (ie, type) and you know you won't be able to read it, you'd go into - Image-Adjustments-selective color and adjust before the conversion.

I can't remember the CS3 dialogue box but I think its a little bit better than doing it the old way. More control and stuff.

marvin · #10 (**permalink**) 08-16-2007, 02:03 PM

I have an issue sort of related to the topic, so I thought I'd ask it here.

Basically, we add or convert gray profiles to an client submitted image. We then save it as a PDF and run it through Prinergy.

This is the following problem. When you open the image up in Acrobat, there are four separations for the b&w image. If you use the eye dropper it appears to be in a gray colorspace. Prinergy sees this as four color as well. What are we doing wrong that's not making the PDF just one black separation. When saved w/o a profile, it is single black.

We have a few work arounds (drop in Indy, refine b&w in prinergy), but would just want to fix the issue all together. Is it the profile? Is it the export settings? Something else we're overlooking?

Hope there's a simple explanation for it. Thanks ahead if anyone knows.