Ok, yes I admit it, I am old.
I am saying it now before anyone mentions it....

When I used to process my own black and white pictures (35mm) and to play with contrast, I was using filters (yellow - red - etc)..

Now that I have to face technology and am using a digital camera...
How can I play with contrast?
Or is it even possible?
I have a small point and shoot, so adding filters is not an option...

Ofcourse you can Just shoot all your shots in .RAW format and open them in Photoshop. .RAW files allow you to edit TONNES of technical information about the shot, including contrast, white balance, hue, saturation etc. If your camera doesn't have a .RAW function (although I think even p&s cams do?) than I think there is some kind of .jpg editor that opens them as .raw and allows you to make changes (not sure about the name of this plugin, but I know my sister's boyfriend uses it as he refuses to shoot in .RAW due to the size). I remember reading a GREAT tutorial a couple months ago which should be around here somewhere in which I think antichrist explained the basic principles of .RAW editing.

Actually you don't really need to shoot in Raw to change contrast. You can just change contrast on your camera or even in Photoshop during post processing. This is what I like about DSLRs course they let you change almost whatever you want and give you total control over the resulting pictures.

yeaah 35mm!

but, as for editting Digital Shots, theres tons and tons of things you can do with photoshop. There are many other programs I've seen with something like "PhotoEdit" in the name but I personally wouldn't do anything without Photoshop these days.

There's a plugin for Photoshop called Silver Efex Pro but that costs rather a lot of money, and I don't see you as the software piracy type. Really, digital just doesn't mean real silver gelatin prints.

This post was edited by Veilside on May 26 2009 02:32pm