On 2011-07-16 10:49:46 -0700, Johan W. Elzenga <nomail_at_please.invalid> said:

> Savageduck <savageduck1_at_{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

>> 

>> How do you come to that conclusion just by viewing the comparison I posted?

>> Just because I chose not to make B&W conversions with ACR, does not mean

>> I am ignorant of the potential of ACR.

> 

> Either you are ignorant, or you were deliberately misleading the OP into

> believing that ACR is far worse than Photoshop. Your example photos cannot

> lead me to any other conclusion.

Ignorant of the potential of the current version of ACR I am not. I 

might have overstated my preference for making B&W conversions in CS5.

> 

>> Actually my point is ACR is not the better method of B&W conversion, as

>> proposed in the several books consulted by the OP.

> 

> We agree on that. However, 'not better' is not the same as misleadingly

> trying to 'prove' that it's much worse. It's a matter of personal choice

> which method you prefer.

In that case let us agree that fundamentally neither is "better" and 

leave it to personal choice.

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Regards,

Savageduck