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Post by Tpgettys on Mar 9, 2018 20:48:09 GMT
The Stained Glass Template challenge was well received and got lots of responses; thanks Frank! For this Creative Effect's Challenge you are going to create one kind of retro look. I stumbled on it quite by accident, but really like the effect it creates! I hope you do to. Here is the link to the Loving Navy Blue tutorial, and here is my result:  (I am posting this a little early because I will be out of town this weekend) |
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Post by ritage on Mar 10, 2018 19:43:30 GMT
I added a slight Gaussian Blur to the background layer and this looks very much like my 50 year old color prints that got that way by sitting in their albums.
Edingbourgh panorama from Morgue File.
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Post by hmca on Mar 10, 2018 21:23:46 GMT
Thanks, Tom. I thought this picture would work well with this effect. After I created it, I converted to B/W in LR. Really like the conversion.   |
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Post by fotofrank on Mar 11, 2018 20:18:57 GMT
Here is my attempt...  |
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Post by Lillias on Mar 11, 2018 20:51:25 GMT
Can't upload my image at the moment as I keep getting 'Bad Gateway' when I try to add it via the add image to post via imgbb.com. Maybe the site is down! Looks like it's back up so I'll try again. Interesting tut; Here is my effort - image from morguefile  |
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Post by kdcintx on Mar 13, 2018 2:11:30 GMT
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Post by hmca on Mar 13, 2018 13:59:01 GMT
Thanks, kdcintx. I like the old picture edge you chose for yours.  |
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Post by tonyw on Mar 28, 2018 0:58:56 GMT
Once a train station, now a library - I liked the idea from kdcintx of adding a vintage frame and found this one from ON1  Tony |
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Post by Bailey on Mar 28, 2018 2:28:42 GMT
Thanks, Tom. I thought this picture would work well with this effect. After I created it, I converted to B/W in LR. Really like the conversion. Hi hmca Nice photo and maybe I am splitting hairs here for some people, but your photo is not strictly a black and white image. On my screen I can see a slight tinge of blue in the sky and in the lighter areas of the image. If you look at the RGB values for any given pixel you will see they are not exactly the same. Strictly speaking a B & W image will be made of pixels which are a shade of grey only (RGB values the same for a given pixel). What you have most probably fits the definition of a monochromatic image. All B & W images are monochromatic but not all monochromatic images are B & W images. Anyway, just some food for thought |
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Post by PeteB on Mar 28, 2018 17:25:24 GMT
When I sampled the sky in Helen's image, I got the following RGB Color Code — RGB (195,202,204) or Hex Code c3cacc. Checking against the Color Picker, the sample falls in the gray area. Being more specific, it is probably identified as silver. But since B&W converting applications offer tinting or toning adjustments, I think Helen may have made such an adjustment. Looks good to me |
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Post by Bailey on Mar 29, 2018 1:40:28 GMT
When I sampled the sky in Helen's image, I got the following RGB Color Code — RGB (195,202,204) or Hex Code c3cacc. Checking against the Color Picker, the sample falls in the gray area. Being more specific, it is probably identified as silver. But since B&W converting applications offer tinting or toning adjustments, I think Helen may have made such an adjustment. Looks good to me Hi PeteB, Thank you for confirming my eyes did not deceive me Yes, some additional adjustments were probably made which explains the reason why the pixels are not a shade of grey. All pixels must be a shade of grey (RGB values being the same) in order for an image to be classified as a B & W image. Assuming one of the aims of this web site is to help educate visitors (especially newbies), and not just solve members' problems/issues, I was pointing out that after additional adjustments which result in non shades of grey pixels, it is not correct to then still call the conversion a B & W conversion. Had the conversion been referred to as a monochrome or other applicable conversion then my eyebrows would not have been raised when I saw a blue tinge in the image. For anyone interested in more detail in the definition of monochrome and B & W images and their relationship, then this is an interesting read on the subject. |
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Post by PeteB on Mar 30, 2018 18:01:15 GMT
Hi Bailey For clarification, what I confirmed was that the image in question actually met your definition of black and white. What I pointed out was that the sky area was indeed gray, in fact it is silver gray. Consequently, I did not confirm that the area was blue. I also would like to point out to newbies that I think your description of a b&w image is a very strict interpretation. For a very long time b&w images have been toned. In fact today, popular b&w image software, such as Silver Efex Pro, include toning as an option of the converting process. Here is a link describing sepia toned b&w images. This process has been around since the 1880s. www.chasejarvis.com/blog/sepia-what-the-hell-is-it/Helen and/or Simone,if you are following this thread, perhaps the B&W Challenge could include a challenge of a toned or a split-toned b&w image. |
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Post by hmca on Mar 30, 2018 18:06:40 GMT
Great suggestion, Pete. Look for it in a future challenge.
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Post by Bailey on Mar 31, 2018 2:18:32 GMT
Thank you for confirming my eyes did not deceive me ...........when I saw a blue tinge in the image. When I sampled the sky in Helen's image, I got the following RGB Color Code — RGB (195,202,204) or Hex Code c3cacc. Checking against the Color Picker, the sample falls in the gray area. Being more specific, it is probably identified as silver. But since B&W converting applications offer tinting or toning adjustments, I think Helen may have made such an adjustment. Looks good to me Hi PeteB, On my screen RGB (195,202,204) comes up as a grey with a blue tinge in it. What I meant when I said you confirmed my eyes did not deceive me was that the colurs are not a shade of grey...eg (10,10,10), (195,195,195), (233,233,233) are all shades of grey. A B&W image can contain only shades of grey as discussed below. In the link I posted they talk about toning and there are some very good examples of it in the link, but they also say the images are not black and white images. In the quote below they talk about an image by "Photo by Irena Trkulja". You might call it a black and white photo if you view it in the link I posted, but it isn't B&W. Earlier they define a black and white image: The image hmca posted is clearly a monochrome conversion and not a B & W conversion. |
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Post by Sydney on Mar 31, 2018 4:50:57 GMT
bailey, personally I think what you are persisting in going on about is much ado about nothing. Rather than taking the time to nit-pick perhaps you should be taking part in the challenge.
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