Kodak DCS 465 Creating Monochrome Images with Your Color Camera Back

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Reference — KODAK Drivers for TWAIN-Compliant PC Applications 11-23

Creating Monochrome Images with

You may be able to use your color camera back to create monochrome

images. To do so, your PC application must include a feature to convert

from color to monochrome.

For this section we include an example using Adobe Photoshop which

has two methods you can use: convert to gray scale, and green channel.

This is the preferred method, for it offers the best

tonal rendition of the image, and should be used with color images that

do not have high gain or noise levels. (High noise levels in images can be

caused for a variety of reasons, for example by extended exposure times.)

To use this method, acquire the image normally. Then choose GRAYSCALE

from the MODE menu to discard the color information. You are left with

the monochrome image.

Use this method for color images that contain high noise

levels. (High noise levels in images can be caused for a variety of reasons,

for example by extended exposure times.) To use this method, set BALANCE

to NONE in the driver, and then acquire the image. Then choose GREEN

from the CHANNELS palette submenu. This produces a sharper image than

reducing the other color levels to zero, since half of the pixels in the

imager are green. As a result, the green plane has the most information

when images are acquired in Photoshop.