In previous works, I’ve always used the Channel Mixer set to grayscale/monochrome to take an image from color to B&W, but last night I was working on something in darktable and found the Monochrome module (I don’t do a lot of digital B&W). I found the interface to this module to be fantastic, I don’t feel like I’ve lost any control vs using a channel mixer, plus the UI gave me results quicker and with less fuss.
Well done & many thanks!
Yes! It’s one of my favorite things about dt. So intuitive and user friendly. Makes a lot of sense to those of us who have used gel filters for Monochrome in the past…
Ah that’s interesting, I hadn’t even made that connection. I only realized that when a tool is simple and works effortlessly, yet still exposes a lot of power, it is generally the result of a lot of thought about miniscule interactions.
It’s basic and contrast-oriented if you keep the spot mid/center, but it gets very interesting and powerful wehn you start tweaking the color / brightness after the B/W converstion. Skin-tones are mid-left (about orange/yellow), lips and freckles are far left and right … you can do a lot this way.
I’m doing 99% in B/W and darktable is my only converter.
Wow…brilliant. Never thought of using the module on color photos!!
