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1. OTH di p T Opacity lock EM a Normal Fill VitaminBW Normal Neutral Blue 2 b viaminEW Normal Neutral Orange TS VitaminBW Normal Neutral None o O s w T 5 5 O O gt lt Ou 5 ns n Y i li and USM VitaminBW will IN ji manage all this parameters VitaminBW will do it better W Y ju iia igina Or OTH di Opacity 100 Lock VitaminBW Normal Neutral Blue b Vitamin8W Normal Neutral Orange 2 oF VitaminBW Normal Neutral None Contrast Normal EL fx O im GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS The Flat layer is the basic con version included in any group Part of it may be recovered to correct unwanted halos or to reduce the strength of the Vitamin Version Flat B amp W layer Not Vitaminised No filter AG z AT 7 MEI Apu pe pei Lei i E di _ VitaminBW Normal Neutral Orange C TS VitaminBW Normal Neutral None VitaminBW Normal Neutral Blue Y 5S VitaminBW Normal Neutral None i T GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS page A T Hug Pass Through Opacity 100 Lock E y A Fill 12. O S lt gt un I U 5 I un 3 Sua T r 3 E Tin ia le a ay a e reali E 7 T FI wh yos EE duy RIDE be REE ila PL ot EU E Ta J Aya ae P FL P ARCIERI P HE unter f gum ct cr FETTE TE NETTA TT e Le LUE 7 m F ii Li LEE girga D DE sa EUA HIE ara a obe Di n pilo LA oar lah p 1 JI Iiis um Sec f j IN ISO800 1 125 f8 J Istanbul Rain Istanbul Turkey February 2012 Nikon D700 50mm Controindicazioni Manchester Uk September 2013 Sony RX1 ISO6400 1 100 f2 0 1 125 f2 o MOUTH AE PES t TA i gd du fi 115 acu n 3 bu He Ji 8 af 1 9 ak i i FEE d 24 O O Lr O N gt gt I E O N x D Q E D O D VY I lt lt D L D U U O x lt 1 ay awe y rei WA Manipulacion Mexico City Mexico May 2013 Sony RX1 ISO100 1 125 f5 6 Into their hands Florence Italy January 2013 SonyRX1 ISO 640 1 250 f8 MENT CODIC da K DORING PARTNER
3. KNOW HOW TRANSFER the photography knowledoe hub VitaminBW Single and Triple Tone Black amp White Converter User Manual Version 1 0 3 September 2015 Know How Transfer The Photography Knowledge Hub A new platform by the same team who developed ALCE formerly RBG Group or Bigano and associates Everyone dealing with photography digital imaging will find a unique mix of instructional how to content here of fer applications specifically designed by photographers for photographers as well as effective tutorials and free resources Our mission is to create a community a Central Hub of Photography Knowledge where photographers can exchange experiences share information and grow their skills Read more about our team here gt Many of them come from the school of the great Dan Margulis and still have a very special relationship with him lm pleased to report here what he wrote about this group taken from his famous post La Dolce Vita An era ends They say that Italians get emotional at times like this and that Italians love beautiful things admit to feeling a bit Italian myself as write this I have developed an emotional attachment to the country no doubt And the relationships have entered into with several of my stu dents in that country have evolved into something well profoundly loving The old joke has it that in heaven all lovers are Italian Right off hand can think of a c
4. travel a lot but only now thanks to Photography realised that before watched now see and understand Transfer these thrills in a shot is not easy especially for those like me who are self taught in photography feel don t have a proper photographic culture I try I shoot with a Sony RX1 Previously owned a Nikon D800 with a lot of heavy stuff sold away everything Now I m lightweight and happy I m allergic to photoshock it s not a print mistake that I use as less as possible I m lucky Lucky to live in Lucca lucky to have a good job for a good company lucky because my wife despite of my job stands by me lucky because meet a lot of interesting people sorry I m nota good story teller Enjoy my portfolio Elio Marchi http www flickr com photos eliomarchi elio marchi70 gmail com Ksa p a T w B T JE Q s la O O Lo v cc gt O I dd QO N D Q O U O I u J Above The Rooftops of Jerusalem gt YY IRAE aes ur pus Li P LAM ooo rd c gt il Esperando Pedro Guadalajara Mexico 2013 Sony RX1 150320 1 80 f4 s Ere zl 1 Ei i Quo Vadis Shanghai China August 2012 NikonD800 35mm 150125 1 160 f8
5. Yes Man Germany February 2013 Sony RX1 ISO640 1 160 f5 6 Chevrolet Saltillo Mexico January 2012 Nikon D700 Zoom 24 70 at 70mm ISO200 1 60 f22 ty MME HR GE iis E E N 11111 n aN 5 ii ery test Na Chinese Stairs Shanghai China August 2012 Nikon D800 35mm ISO100 1 800 f6 3 Priscilla Penang Malaysia April 2013 Sony RX1 ISO6400 1 125 f2 Elio Marchi 2014 Any reproduction is forbidden without the written consent of the author 16 Links Credits VitaminBW knowhowtransfer bigano srl Davide Barranca VitaminBW is developed by Davide Barranca This manual is designed by Marco Diodato VitaminBW Page gt Buy Vitamin here gt Store Home Page gt Products KHT Home Page gt bigano com gt Images credits Cover image depositphotos com Subbotina other images Roberto Bigano 17 A brief presentation of our Apps for Photoshop Wow Tonal Equalizer Wow Tonal Equalizer Frequency Separtion Plugin Boost and soft an image in one step detail scales through five dedicat ed sliders Positive values which add detail or shape Negative value remove detail and create great soft transitions PS CC 2015 CC2014 CC CS6 MAC amp WIN Buy 32 gt Double USM Two Channels Advanced Sharpening Works separately on Dark and Light halo s components of an image With a double set of slider
6. references that you might need to open in Photoshop often PS CC 2014 CC CS6 MAC amp WIN Buy 11 gt Freeware EI gf af S Aa 1 amata D a eu e ieee p io p mamas s O V dL m rrwp e x Floating Adjustments Floating Adjustments Restores the old CS3 floating window Restores the Adjustment Layers bigger floating windows look and behaviour which was the norm back in CS3 It allows the creation of 10 Adjustment kinds as big floating windows and the modifications of existing adj PS CC2014 CC CS6 CS5 MAC amp WIN Get Free gt if Jl n ra d Peu EE x FALSE PROFILE False Profile Tonal range control with low or high gamma A Photoshop extension to automate the assignment of false RGB profiles for a full control of the luminosity Brings new features and refinements to the process of assigning false profiles Works in conjunction with the Dan Margulis PPW Tools PS CC 2015 CC2014 CC CS6 CS5 MAC amp WIN Get Free Premium Raw Scan Service Hasselblad 3F 16bit Raw Scan Service 3F is a raw file obtained froma an analog original We will scan your film with the Hasselblad hi end scanners Send us you originals from a 35mm to a 13x18cm 5x7 color or black and white negative or positive All PS Versions MAC amp
7. Art Masterpiece dev asted by the eartquake We will see how to analyze the versions of Triple Tone colorize them and like a final touch up add a white mask on the Blue Mixed group with a gradient of 50 gray KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 30 VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange VitaminBW Boost Mixed Blue VitaminEW Boost Mixed None Conversion Boost L 4 ANTA SE Ku DI GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS When you export your colour files don t push contrast clarity and USM VitaminBW will manage all this parameters VitaminBW will do it better Original TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS 4 VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange gt KR VitaminBW Boost Mixed Blue VitaminEW Boost Mixed None Conversion Boost GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS EN a T r r F 5 E A E L 1 F L 1 j LEM h x i a PE j pf in 3 a i 7 AY y ri ta The Flat layer is the basic con version included in any group Part of it may be recovered to correct unwanted halos or to reduce the strength of the Vitamin version Flat B amp W layer Not Vitaminised No filter k 4 x a I gt GO BACK AND FORT
8. Install Folder its content Desktop 2 Run Adobe Extension Manager as an Administrator 8 Adobe Extension Manager mu u adob dil eee b Run as administrator AdobeOwl dil Troubleshoot compatibility AdobeOwlCanvas dll AdobeSWFL dll all Show in Finder 3 Insert you admin password and open AEM Enter your password if requested Do it even if you re already logged as Administrator b User Account Control pS Do you want to al low the following program to make n x changes to this computer se Program name Adobe ExtensionManager Verified publisher Adobe Systems Incorporated File origin Hard dive on this computer v Show details Each version of Photoshop requires his dedicated AEM version 4 Open with AEM the file VitaminBW 1 0 1 jsx Use the dedicated version of AEM AEM CC for PS CC 2014 and CC AEM CS6 for PS CS6 5 Accept the Extension Disclaimer Now AEM will alert you that the developer of the application is unknown We know him Dont worry proceed and accept The reason of this alerts that the verification system used by Adobe cause the expiration of the installed application This means that without any apparent reason or notification your installed application will no longer work Adobe Extenslon Manager You are about to install the extension CP
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10. and the Or ange 8 Preview VitaminBW has no live preview but you can preview all the possible combinations Conversion Filter Tint on two different test images a por trait of a woman and an harbour landscape www bigano com VitaminBW Conversion Tint Default a Aa r DM ros l Cool Boost gt 2 Neutral Warm BW Filters NN Mixed None Yellow 59 RS 17 54 Process Orange Cancel Red Single Tone Green 3 Blue HIND Prom Triple Tone gt Preview KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 16 9a Single Tone Easy as a Pie di E Opacity 45 Fi Boost Neutral Red Because of the excellent default settings you will get very good result from the be ginning even if you are a unexperienced user VitaminBW and his easy to use Single Tone is something unique Ok Let s get started open VitaminBW and press the Single Tone button VitaminBW will work now in the default mode standard conversion no filter no color filters You will get a folder containing a Flat layer that is already a good black amp white and the VitaminBW layer with a blank white mask already applied The layer will be named with the options you have chosen Now you can either flatten the group if you like the image as it is or modify the Opacity of the Vitamin layer in order to reduce the contrast effect or pai
11. in traditional black amp white photography it s our preferred filter It s very useful to create contrast in the most tonally diffi cult areas For this reason we included this one in the Triple Tone routine where it plays a major role Default contrast No Filter Vs Boost Red The Red version improves dramatically the contrast and work as a strong anti haze UV filter KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 14 7 Process Triple and Single Tone With Single Tone you will get a group containing a flat layer that is already a good black amp white and the VitaminBW layer with a blank white mask already applied By default the three layers are with Standard Conversion no BW filter and Neutral Tint Of course you can combine all the settings as i e Boost Red Filter Cool in all combinations The Triple tone routine creates three groups with several layers so it takes a while to perform but very quickly you will be able to compare three totally different tonal versions Read more at sections 9 11 12 Layers layers Channels Paths History Stee a TH D Kind Pass Through Opacity 100 Lock rh Fil 100 i VitaminBW Default Neutral None VitaminBW Default Neutral Ora Conversion i Conversion tee Flat base VitaminBW Default Neutral Blue Top the original layer the basic B amp W layer and the Vita minised layer with a white mask Right Three groups the Neutral the Blue
12. veal parts of the Flat layer Grab a Soft Brush like i lt M X Flat base and start painting with White K Ta th e M as ks to revea th effe EN L ED Tips you can again play with the opacity either of the filtered layer the full f O see NE WET filtered group v Please remind me this again OK understand KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 19 10 VitaminBW with Native Black amp White Files Let us use a paradox VitaminBW is a very good converter for your Black amp White files Of course you cannot use the BW filters but a good mix of conversion and tint may considerably improve the tone and printability of your pictures KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 20 11 Case History Fire on the Mincio Valley We will see now step by step how Triple Tone works You can see here the starting point and the final result that is a sandwich between two ver sions We will learn how an apparently less interesting layer in this case the Blue one may be very useful to improve the final result h i i i e Sn H a Lj N i i AR ME I i aiit E I Q Spa d a Ta Tu LA E ap k E p dii r k a i 4 D a J ri n 1 7 p T m 1 KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 21 GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS
13. 00 ra p vitaminBW Normal Neutral Orange gt FS VitaminEW Normal Neutral None o Contrast Normal L M rA quu ii a Even if the Blue seems often the ar 4 Dr IE AX i 45 T j MS i a ah mt di sce DE si Wow version it s usually used ge gt oe Ee e to improve parts of the ima ge Here the tonal separation w between the foliage and the sky is fantastic Default Conversion __ Blue NEL GT A GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS E 2 k Ch eran ee re a Em d am E ge La lt Ld k WT Pa 1 E d 1 Pa p vitaminBW Normal Neutral Orange gt FS VitaminEW Normal Neutral None Contrast Normal As you see in the palette we Flat base ol See c used mostly the No Filter DLL Se e version except the areas of the Blue revealed white the black mask ELI c Final Version Sandwich between No Filter and Blue na E EE NEL 12 Case History L Aquila Church after the Earthquake Now we are going to use a tint option In this case Mixed to give a proper mood and a personal look to this image of an
14. ERSIONS E S L w E 1 4 1 B2 Before Conversion Boost No Filter Tint Mixed Unsupported Color Mode Vitamin BW works on RGB images only General Photoshop error occurred This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop The parameters for command Convert to Profile are not currently valid GBO KNOW HOW TRANSFER the photography knowledge hub 13 FAQ Unsupported Color Mode VitaminBW works on RGB images only Convert your file to RBG or save a copy and the covert in in RGB General Photoshop Error It seems that this file has an embedded profile that is not installed in your system Part of the routine needs the file to be switched to Lab so it Photoshop converts to Lab and then converted back to the RGB profile embedded within the file In order to do it this profile must be installed in your system Convert you file to an RGB profile installed in your system or assign a profile If you need to keep the original file make a copy For question about purchasing installing trouble shooting please visit our dedicated FAQ page at the following address http www knowhowtransfer com vitaminbw faq 14 Sample Files Download Fire in Mincio valley The zipped files contains all the version described in the Case History Subject Triple tone Roberto Bigano 2005 download 160MB gt Ropeway on the Al
15. H USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS Fill 100 gt KE VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange a a PE PELA IPS iU on omm VitaminBW Boost Mixed Blue r RT dorsa by 7 This original is bichromatic mostly yellow and white Even if we used the Boost conversion we do need a bit of extra punch Boost Conversion LA qp J eee No Filter E e SS Neutral Tint 2 100 gt ie VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange a 1 VitaminBW Boost Mixed Blue W fe VitaminBW Boost Mixed None Conversion Boost GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS 11 Berti x Because of the peculiarities of the subject we wanted to impro ve the mood and the personality of the image so we used the Mixed version It is a bit smo other than the Neutral Boost No Filter Mixed Tint UM IN GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange v VitaminBW Boost Mixed Blue Conversion Boost This is a good step forward Look for example the detail the box What we dislike is that the upper right part is a bit dark and confused Boost Blue Filter Mixed tint GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COM
16. Know How Transfer Conversion Browse Filters Online Default C E Cool i Boost E E k d Meutral PPW Bigger Hammer a PPW SHARPEN 2015 I E Sut Warm E th BW Filters Zs ET PET ALCE Automation Service 2 3 1 Double USM 1 2 0 x doe Vitamin BW 1 0 3 Yellow Wow Tonal Equalizer 1 UI Mixed Process Orange Cancel Single Tane BRR Triple Tone Harbor Preview KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 8 3a The VitaminBW Interface 4 Conversion 5 Tint Hue This is where VitaminBW applies his peculiar routine You can leave By default VitaminBW converts in neutral color Besides you can get the Default conversion checkbox or try the Boost option for a bit of a Cool Hue Warm or Mixed warm highlights cool shadows extra punch www bigano com 8 Preview VI am 1 RW 9 Single and VitaminBW has hs Triple Tone live preview but Conversion Tint The Core and the you can preview Default Cool Major Strenght all the possible Boost Neutral of VitaminBW combinations We warmly i SESS fe Warm Conversion x Cod s ee m recommend to read Tone Filter on revere x x j t La Mixed the manual than two different test None OA io start images a portrait Yellow _ opening file of a woman Orange and perform Triple and an harbor zs Carer Tone with
17. PARE THE VERSIONS Opacity 100 gt Lock _ Fill 100 gt K VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange 141 ry aw cr mes dm AA pr kn d Yi AES 1 In order to reduce the contrast of the top right we add a white mask to the Blue group and add i 50 grey gradient Now the image is very pleasant personal and well balanced Final Mixed Tint A Mix of No Filter and Blue sll Color Opacity AS Lock amp 100 O vi VitaminBW Boost Mixed Orange Conversion Boost VitaminBW Boost Mixed Blue gt VitaminBW Boost Mixed None GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS TO COMPARE THE VERSIONS Ra EU I si A ne i t 3 f k C EE D 11 mm 7 ina Ls TES i J diga VANI vi X BAIN T N m AT E 1 ANN pees i a W i E d j i EF uU T ayp F rnm 4 25 misti i T aly har r To complete this case let s inspect the Orange version As told except sky Orange often is not a Wow version However it has a rich tonality Here i e the corners are very nice Boost Orange Filter Mixed tint GO BACK AND FORTH USING THE ARROW KEYS COMPARE THE V
18. T The publisher of the extension can not be verified because the security certificate used by this extension hasn t been verified by a recognized authority Are you sure you want to install this Extension x Name CPT Publisher Common Name Giuliana Abbiati Distinguished Name C IT S5T M jQeCromaline jCN Giullana Abblat install Cancel 6 In case remove the previous version of VitaminBW Simply press on the Remove button in the AEM window 7 Press the button Install Simply press on the Remove button in the AEM window 8 Restart Photoshop Open VitaminBW from the Photoshop Filter VitaminBW menu KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 7 2d Open VitaminBW Photoshop File Edit Image Layer Type Select Open VitaminBW Photoshop Filter VitaminBW 1 0 Tip If you have just installed the extension and don t see it quit and restart Photoshop 3D View Window Help 2 FA 2 s2 Ml 19 31 Last Filter BHF shop 2014 Convert for Smart Filters Filter Gallery x ces ee n ES UR Layers Channels Adaptive Wide Angle X FL 3200 3400 4800 4000 4200 440C Camera Raw Filter CHA Lens Correction Normal Liquify EX Vanishing Point X d V anre TUM n LIRE 3D Blur Blur Gallery Distort Noise Pixelate Render sharpen Stylize Video Other w WW Y OC Y Y Y Y Y Y www bigano com Y Digimarc
19. W folder in 64 bit C Program Files Adobe Adobe Photoshop CC2015 64 Bit Presets Scripts also I other Photoshop versions 32 bit C Program Files x86 Adobe Adobe Photoshop CC 32 Bit Presets Scripts 4 Restart Photoshop KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 5 2c Install in CC 2014 CC CS6 MAG ADOBE EXTENSION MANAGER IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL Each version of Photoshop requires his dedicated AEM version PS CC 2014 and CC need AEM CC PS CS6 need AEM CS6 etc 2 02014 56 Any version of Photoshop requires the dedicated Adobe Extension Manager d VitaminBW _1 0 1 7 Version p TO INSTALL USE THE FILE VitaminBW 1 0 1 jsx STORED IN THE FOLDER 2 CC2014 CC CS6 1 Drag VitaminBE 1 0 1 on AEM icon on the dock Or select the file and Open with Adobe extension Manager 2 Accept the Extension Disclaimer Now AEM will alert you that the developer of the application is unknown We know him Dont worry proceed and accept 3 In case remove the previous version of VitaminBW Simply press on the Remove button in the AEM window 4 Install 5 Restart Photoshop Open VitaminBW from the Photoshop Filter VitaminBW 1 0 1 Menu KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 6 2c Install in CC 2014 CC CS6 WIN ADOBE EXTENSION MANAGER IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL gt PS 2014 and CC need AEM CC PS CS6 need AEM CS6 etc 1 Unzip the
20. ad folder contains WIN users must copy the folders on their desktop Please use the proper folder according your Photoshop version On CC 2015 you must install manually in other versions via Adobe Extension Manager The user manual contains all the info to install open and use VitaminBW We do hope that this manual may support all your needs For further information visit the Vitamin page gt or write to support knowhowtransfer com gt Copy and paste this link to email it to a different device http www knowhowtransfer com download manuals vitaminbw manual en pdf 2a Install VitaminBW in Photoshop CC 2015 Until CC 2014 all our apps were installed via Adobe Extension Manager that has been discontinued It no longer works in CC 2015 At the moment VitaminBW must be installed manually Please follow carefully the instructions below and the install process will be easy ee VitaminBW VitaminBW 1 0 3 P 1 CC 2015 b INSTRUCTIONS rtf 2 002014 CC C56 P VitaminBW 3 Manuals 1 Unzip the downloaded folder and copy it 1 Unzip the downloaded folder on the Desktop 2 Copy the VitaminBW folder in 2 Run Photoshop as an Administrator Macintosh HD Applications Adobe Photoshop CC2015 Presets Scripts Troubleshoot compatibility b 3 Restart Photoshop Open file location 9 Runas N Pin to Taskbar You can install manually Copy the VitaminB
21. e Green lightens green and darkens magenta etc Here below an example of how the color filters work This original was chromatically speaking a bit confused and not brilliant The Neutral ver sion is not bad The Red is nice but surreal The Blue is very good but the foliage of the palm is confused The Green is probably the best with a good separation of the red tones a nice tonality of the palm and an excellent rendition and contrast of the fence and the water An even better result could be obtained sandwiching the Green and Blue versions Pa D a ai r y xu E 3 iL LM B 11 L ca Original Neutral Read in the following page more information about color filtering KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 13 Yellow lightens yellows and warm colors in general and darkens blues and cold colors in general Typically moderately darkens sky and increase contrast between blue sky and clouds Slightly lightens skin tones Orange similar but stronger than yellow Creates a medium strong contrast between sky and clouds Considerably lighten skin tones Red the stronger of this triplet Creates a dramatic contrast in sky and landscape Strongly lightens skin tones An effect a bit similar to infra red filter Green Lightens foliage and darkens magenta red areas In some cases darken skies May improve pale skin tones Blue Very few used
22. her option offered by VitaminBW in addition to the Single and Triple Tone default values You can select Boost conversion in order to obtain a stronger local contrast effect This may be very nice or too strong Please consider that you can play with the opacity to get the desired result Once selected the boost option the Single Tone or Triple Tone routine will be performed with boost conversion N AT a hu J i mi va a T 1 p nr a Default vs Boost Conversion KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 11 5 Neutral Cool Warm and Mixed Color Tint By default VitaminBW converts in a neutral gray that means that the medium tone is 128 128 128 in RGB values In addition you have three different options to change the tint colorisation of the image cool warm or mixed Our exclusive toning preserves the highlights to obtain a more pleasant color and tonal contrast Mixed is a combined application of warm highlights neutral medium tones and cold shadows that may create a very pleasant and original effect KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 12 6 Black amp White Color Filters In addition to the unfiltered version none you have five color filters option Yellow Orange Red Green and Blue The BW filters are used to modify how the original colors are rendered in black amp white Any filter lightens his color and darkens his opponent i e Yellow filter lightens yellow and darkens blu
23. k to reveal the effect Of course you can try to apply different filters like the Red to get dramatic skies or Green for more details in the foliage etc Triple Tone will dramati cally improve the tonal quality of your black amp white Tip You can perform Triple Tone selecting a Tint or Boost conversion instead of default On the contrary the selection of a Color Filter will not affect the final result Yellow Orange The basic layer wil lremain unfiltered KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 18 Please read This window opens once applied Triple Tone as a quick manual The file opens with the Neutral Group re 5 NI vealed and the Blue and Orange Groups TRIPLE TONE INSTRUCTION P s Then toggle the Group visibility to Toggle the Group visibility inspect the Orange and Blue pha 21 In case grab a soft brush and start painting the eye icon to inspect the results of 2 im Ora nge Blue filtering k You can now activate the black mask with shift click on the mask icon red cross on the masks will disappear that it means that the group is Shift Click on the Mask icons 3 Botvisible to enable them red cross z a Use a white brush if you are painting on the Flat base disappears black mask of the Group or the black brush Y oo if you want to modify the white mask of the ENS 1 Conversi filtered layer to reveal ts of the Flat RN y
24. nt with a black soft brush on the white mask to delete unwanted areas this is possible be cause in general the Flat layer has the same tonal values Mostly this default setting delivers a very good conversion but of course you can choose to change the contrast tweak the tonal values using the BW Color Filters or colorize the image with our Cool Warm or Mixed presets Tip You can reduce the strength of the contrast reducing or increasing opacity as the Flat layer has a lower contrast The default opacity of the tint layer is 50 KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 17 9b Triple Tone Advanced Tonal Editing Made Easy VitaminBW Default Neutral Ora Flat base VitaminBW Default Neutral Blue b ViraminEW Default Neutral None Background Tu Triple Tone with its exclusive approach is probably the biggest strength of Vita minBW It introduces non expert users to advanced tonal editing techniques but also quickly becomes a must have tool for any Pro The Triple Tone routine creates three groups with several layers so it takes a while to perform but very quickly you will be able to compare three totally different ton al versions You can now toggle the group visibility the eye icon to inspect and compare the result of Orange and Blue filtering with the default Shift click on the mask icons to enable them red cross disappears Grab a soft white brush and start painting the mas
25. ouple of exceptions to this generality but there is no need to go off topic The truth is that it is land of love and great beauty made all the more beautiful professionally by seeing the new and sophisticated imaging algorithms being developed by Davide with Marco Olivotto and by seeing how Alessandro Daniele Di Stanio Tiziano Fruet and others have brought first class color instruction into a country where it was rarely found previously VitaminBW User Manual Index 1 Unzip the Downloaded Folder 2a Install in Photoshop CC 2015 2b Install in PS CC 2014 CC CS6 MAC 2c Install in PS CC 2014 CC CS6 WIN 2d Open VitaminBW in Photoshop 3a The VitaminBW Interface 3b How to get the most out of VitaminBW 4 Default and Boost Conversion 5 Neutral Cool Warm and Mixed Color Tint 6 Black amp White Color Filters Process Triple and Single Tone 8 Preview VitaminBW is an application developed by Davide Barranca 9a Single Tone Easy as a Pie 9b Triple Tone Advanced Tonal Editing Made Easy 10 VitaminBW with Native B amp W Files 11 Case History Fire on the Mincio Valley 12 Case History L Aquila after the Quake 13 FAQ 14 Sample Files Download 15 An Industrial Nomad Portfolio by Elio Marchi 16 Links amp credits 17 A brief Presentation of our Products 1 Unzip the Downloaded Folder VtamnBW105 1 GC 2015 2 GG2014 CC C56 3 Manuals This is what the downlo
26. ps The zipped files contains No Filter Red with Standard and Boost Conversion Roberto Bigano 2000 Analogic file from transparency download 160MB gt Tip The Red Filter is often outstanding but please handle it with care especially in the blue areas it may generate a lot of noise se the top right sky Moderate the USM effect in the original Notice the anti haze effect on the mountains 15 An Industrial Nomad Portfolio by Elio Marchi Starting from this publication we will publish here and on the upcoming knowhowtrasfer com site some works of our customers This is the turn of Elio Marchi He s not a Pro but his work is very remarkable We personally knew him recently and we were pleased by his Tuscan Wit and by his Black amp White Photography Because of his job he travels worldwide always careful to catch the best around himself So we thought that he could be the best testimonial for VitaminBW even if most of this pictures were post processed with ALCE and only very recently he switched to VitaminBW The best thing now is to let him present himself I live in Capannori Lucca Tuscany Photography came into my life a few years ago as a form of active therapy against the stress of my job In the last twenty years I ve been working as an industry rambler travelling all over the world and consequently being away from home for weeks do need to document anything interesting happening around
27. s and his high quality preview Double USM fills the gap For traditional HiRaLoam or creative mixed sharpening PS CC 2015 CC2014 CC CS6 CS5 MAC amp WIN Buy 12 40 gt Channels Power Tool Advanced Mask Editing Easily get a preview of all available channels Create masks from the channels Use the powerful Apply Image option to precisely recover the details of your files CPT will enhance your color control precision and productivity PS CC 2015 CC2014 CC CS6 CS5 MAC amp WIN Buy 20 gt Turba mohor ALCE ALCE Advanced Local Contrast Enhancer An easy to use and powerful Photoshop tool to effectively improve and finely tune the local contrast of an image His smart algorithm avoids the clipping issues typical of methods like shadows highlights PS CC 2015 CC2014 CC CS6 CS5 CS4 CS3 MAC amp WIN Buy 28 gt IG aminBW Vit VitaminBW Single and Triple Tone Black amp White Converter An original approach to B amp W Conversion with a very clean and simple interface Simply press the Single Tone or the Triple Tone button to bequickly introduced to advanced conversion techniques PS CC 2015 CC2014 CC CS6 MAC amp WIN Buy 26 gt Save a Project PS Projects PS Projects Files Manager for Photoshop A script that lets you create load and modify Project files i e collec tions of images in any format from any folder in your hard drive as file
28. the landscape nn Single Tone default option 1 Enjoy VitaminBW Blue m d Ss Triple Tone 6 B amp WColorFiters 2 7 Process In addition to the unfiltered version none you have five color filters Press Single Tone to get one output accordingly to the selected option to tweak the tonal rendering they simulate the B amp W color option or Triple Tone to get three different outputs no filter blue filters and orange KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 9 3b How to get the most out of VitaminBW We WARMLY suggest you to start using the procedure described below Step1 Read carefully this manual Step2 Forget for the moment all available Option like Conversion BW Filters Tint and Preview Step3 Open your file press Triple Tone and carefully inspect the three versions The first active version is the Default Single Tone version The two further version Orange and Blue will anticipate you the potential of the BW filtering Step4 Try the same on other two different files Well You are now ready to explore all the further Option included our exclusive Mixed Colorisation and be quickly introduced to advanced editing techniques Tips arecommendation about the export of your color files Don t push contrast clarity and USM VitaminBW will manage all this parameters VitaminBW will do it better KnowHowTransfer VitaminBW User Manual 10 4 Default and Boost Conversion Let us take a look to the furt
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