B&W again...

[Vesa]

Question to all you with more knowledge and experience with B&W images.
Is 8 bit colour depth sufficient enough for B&W...
I´m doing all my image processing naturally with 16 bit depth but the problem is
that can´t seem to find any free B&W plug-in for PS Elements with 16 bit support...
So is the only way to invest 470 eur in PS CS

[61Dynamic]

24-bit (8-bit/channel) is sufficient but you will run into limitations depending on the extensiveness of your adjustments to contrast and tonality. In some cases you may even gain some posterizeation just from the conversion that you would not get with 48-bit editing although those situations aren't too common with good conversion technique.

That being said I find the Channel mixer provides the best conversions within PS short of a specialized plugin. You can get the Channel Mixer and curves for PSE from this site which should save you from having to convert to 24-bit.

[Vesa]

8-bit is sufficient but you will run into limitations depending on the extensiveness of your adjustments to contrast and tonality. In some cases you may even gain some posterizeation just from the conversion that you would not get with 48-bit editing although those situations aren't too common with good conversion technique.

That being said I find the Channel mixer provides the best conversions within PS short of a specialized plugin. You can get the Channel Mixer and curves for PSE from this site which should save you from having to convert to 24-bit.
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Okay...visited the site.

Thank you so much, this was very helpfull.

[Richowens]

Hi Vesa,

Here is another alternative that will work in Elements and 16 bit. It is for Windows only right now.

Photofreebies

I just downloaded and tried it on a 16 bit file in PS7. It is supposed to work with Elements.

I am also going to try Daniel's link, doesn't hurt to have as many alternatives as possible. Thanks Daniel.

Rich

[Vesa]

Hi Vesa,

Here is another alternative that will work in Elements and 16 bit. It is for Windows only right now.

Photofreebies

I just downloaded and tried it on a 16 bit file in PS7. It is supposed to work with Elements.

I am also going to try Daniel's link, doesn't hurt to have as many alternatives as possible. Thanks Daniel.

Rich
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Yes...thanks for the tip. Visited that site also, looks promising...