Best technique for BW Conversion
I'm sure this has already been discussed somewhere... please feel free to redirect me if I am being redundant...
I am a bit frustrated with the BW conversions I've been doing. I just feel that they are lacking something... My general technique is the following steps:
1. Channel Mixer - Monochrome - depending on the image I mix the channels accordingly but I tend to go with a 70/30/5 (R/G/B)on a lot of images
2. Add a color burn layer - up to 15% opacity
3. Add a soft light layer - up to 30% opacity
I read this technique somewhere and like it but maybe I'm just not doing something right.
What is your technique? Are there any techniques that seem to be better than others? I am very interested in finding out all the different methods and trying them out...
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