B&W with Magic Bullet?
- Thread starter tommetass
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Straight B/W conversions rarely yields good results.
The best way is to use the Channel Mixer:
Check monochrome and adjust the red-red/red-green/red-blue sliders for the desired look. The total value of the 3 should be 100 to retain the same brightness level.
Same workflow for After Effects/Premiere/Photoshop.
The best way is to use the Channel Mixer:
Check monochrome and adjust the red-red/red-green/red-blue sliders for the desired look. The total value of the 3 should be 100 to retain the same brightness level.
Same workflow for After Effects/Premiere/Photoshop.
cardmaverick
Well-known member
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but for really good clean black and white, you need to shoot for it on purpose. Typically in video cameras, and this really applies to the DVX cameras, your green channel is the cleanest, followed by red, then blue (although your shooting color temperature can switch red and blue around). Ideally you would shoot the film in a way that caters to the black and white look.
Using only the green channel will give you the best results from the lens, thats for sure, but it can complicate how things appear tonality wise, for example, green grass looking white, thats why having a second color in the mix like red is helpful, you can actually use filters to mess with how colors render as gray scale tones, but once you bring in that extra channel, you need to start worrying more about how good the lens is. Sharpness for example at telephoto settings can be a big issue depending on your f/stop, and what channels you decide to use.
Using only the green channel will give you the best results from the lens, thats for sure, but it can complicate how things appear tonality wise, for example, green grass looking white, thats why having a second color in the mix like red is helpful, you can actually use filters to mess with how colors render as gray scale tones, but once you bring in that extra channel, you need to start worrying more about how good the lens is. Sharpness for example at telephoto settings can be a big issue depending on your f/stop, and what channels you decide to use.