Freeware

Version 1.3v
for Windows


132kb zip file

Version 1.0
for Mac


253kb sit file



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BW-Plus
Optical Filters For B&W

A single Photoshop compatible plug-in filter for quickly turning your colour images into greyscale, but with the added option of using a coloured optical lens filter as you would in traditional B&W photography.

The different colours will change the tonal range during the greyscale conversion : for example, a red filter will lighten the red, magenta and yellow areas plus darken the green, blue and cyan in the photo.

There are 6 preset effects to choose from using a simple drop-down menu (Windows only - Mac versions come as 6 individual filters without dialog boxes).

Feature Overview

  • Easy to use dialog layout
  • Single drop-down menu control
  • 6 filter colour options
  • Zoom preview area in/out

Menu Controls

  • FC : Filter colour

Compatible Image Modes

  • RGB 8 bit mode (24 bit images)

System Requirements

PC : Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista, plus any host graphics application that supports the Photoshop *.8bf format plug-in standard.

Mac : MacOS 8 or higher and also MacOS X compatible.

Please note that not all graphics programs are 100% compatible with plug-ins. Consult your program's documentation for more information regarding the installation and use of 3rd-party filters, thank you.

Installation

Download the zip or sit file, uncompress all the files to your chosen "Plugins" folder, configure your host to look in that folder (if necessary), then restart your graphics app and the new effects should appear somewhere in the filter menu. This is the basic procedure for installing plug-ins. However, some hosts have slight variations so for more details please read the documentation that came with your graphics program.

Want More?

If you enjoy using this product then please check out the more advanced RetroGrade filter which offers additional features for the enthusiast of classic black & white photography effects.