Using Photoshops Channel Mixer to Simulate B/W Film

Posted in Uncategorized by Roger on March 9th, 2007

I’ve recently came across these numbers that seem to add some nice tones to your b/w photography. Open your image in Photoshop then enter these numbers into the channel mixer. How close they actually simulate these films…? Well, you’ll have to judge for yourself.

Agfa 200X: 18,41,41
Agfapan 25: 25,39,36
Agfapan 100: 21,40,39
Agfapan 400: 20,41,39
Ilford Delta 100: 21,42,37
Ilford Delta 400: 22,42,36
Ilford Delta 400 Pro & 3200: 31,36,33
Ilford FP4: 28,41,31
Ilford HP5: 23,37,40
Ilford Pan F: 33,36,31
Ilford SFX: 36,31,33
Ilford XP2 Super: 21,42,37
Kodak Tmax 100: 24,37,39
Kodak Tmax 400: 27,36,37
Kodak Tri-X: 25,35,40
And these basic ones: Normal Contrast: 43,33,30 /High Contrast: 40,34,60
and at last a generic BW: 24,68,8.