[Gimp-user] Interactive B&W Conversion?

[Paul Waldo]

Thanks for the reply, Elwin. 

Digikam does a great job of allowing you to pick
* Film Type (Agfa Pan 100, Kodak Tri-X, etc.)
* Lens Filters (Red, Orange, Blue, etc.)
* Tone (Sepia, Selenium, Platinum)
It does this by showing a thumbnail of what your image would look like 
with the parameter applied.  See
http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/extragear-graphics/digikam/photographic-editing.html#blackandwhite-conversion
for a good description of how it works.  Warning: this page has LOTS of 
images, so it will take a while to load.

I use the Digikam editor for a lot of photos that don't need much work, 
but when I need to call up Gimp, I'd like to be able to have this ease 
of use.  The Digikam tool is the type of plugin I was hoping to find.  
The techniques you referenced are indeed good to have in one's arsenal, 
but the majority of time a good image can be made using the simpler 
method :-)

Paul

Elwin Estle wrote:
> Would this do what you want?
>
> http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/Color2BW/
>
> --- Paul Waldo <paul at waldoware.com> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am looking for a plugin that will help me convert a color image to
>> Black and White.  I have looked at the Plugin Registry and found a
>> couple that do this, but they are not interactive.  I would like to see
>> for example, the difference between a yellow filter and a red filter
>> are, and toggle back and forth between them.  Is there anything out
>> there that will do that?  Did I just miss it in the registry?  Thanks in
>> advance!
>>
>> Paul
>>
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