Platinum Look in B/W Photos

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Dec 18, 2003
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Hi

I am new to PS amd wondered if anyone can help me with trying to replicate a platinum effect in black and white photographs. Is it through toning – if so what might be a starting point – or is it around channels?

Equally, it might be something i haven’t thought about

Any help much appreciated

Paul

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Tom Nelson
Dec 18, 2003
Platinum has a very long, straight response curve, maintaining detail in deep shadows and far highlights alike.
1. If shooting film and scanning, use black-and-white film which you’ve processed in a compensating developer like D-23.
2. If shooting digitally, use RAW mode. If the scene is contrasty, bracket exposures and use a blended-exposure technique like http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/blended_exposure s.shtml Try to expose almost up to the point where your textured whites burn out. See http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.sht ml
3. Use Photoshop’s Curves function to coax the most detail possible out
of your images. Dan Margulis’ book "Professional Photoshop" has a good discussion of stealing contrast from unimportant parts of the image in order to give it to the important parts.

Tom Nelson
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Hi

I am new to PS amd wondered if anyone can help me with trying to replicate a platinum effect in black and white photographs. Is it through toning – if so what might be a starting point – or is it around channels?

Equally, it might be something i haven’t thought about

Any help much appreciated

Paul
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PaulPhoto
Feb 1, 2004
Paul, try this script – If you have Photoshop CS.

http://www.melor.com/projects/variations/01_toning.htm

Paul

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Hi

I am new to PS amd wondered if anyone can help me with trying to replicate a platinum effect in black and white photographs. Is it through toning – if so what might be a starting point – or is it around channels?

Equally, it might be something i haven’t thought about

Any help much appreciated

Paul

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