PaperPrincess

I am planning on making a version of the Thousand Pyramids quilt. This scrappy version relies heavily on placing your fabrics by value: Light, Med Light, Med, Med Dark & Dark. So now I have a pile of scraps that I need to sort by value. I've looked into purchasing one of those red filters, but just today I saw that you can't use just a red filter you need a green one too? I also remember folks talking about using B&W photos. Don't have a camera that shoots B&W. Can I pull a photo into photoshop & switch the colors?
Any tips would be great!

bjchad

You can easily change a color photo to black and white in Photoshop.

barny

I'll bet an Art Supply store could help you on your values. Or a paint store, like walmart or home depot, with their swatches. Just a suggestion.

yel

you can place them on a copy machine and make a black and white copy

Jan in VA

Or place pieces of the fabrics in question directly on your copier and copy them in black and white.

Jan in VA

PaperPrincess

Don't have a copy machine available (that's the only part of work I miss in retirement!), my husband has PS, so I guess I'll go that route. Thanks.

DogHouseMom

the B&W photo's are great ... but sometimes I want a quick look.

Heres some other items that might help in a pinch, and if it looks OK with these objects, then try the B&W photo

Green (empty) wine bottles
Glass of water with red food coloring
Colored cell wrap from gifts
Colored plastic file folders

dunster

You can also change from color to B&W in M/S Word.

Jeanne S

A couple of years ago I bought a set of Cottage Mills Color Evaluator II strips. It comes with Two: a red one for using on warm colors and a green one for using on cool colors. Works great, handy to use in fabric store. Seems like I got the set on eBay for less than $10.

Prism99

Most digital cameras can be set for black-and-white pictures. Some also have the option to do a digital preview in black and white (so you don't even need to take the photo; just look at the view finder). This can be a very quick way to check value gradations. Just line your fabrics up in what you think is the best graduation of value, and check with your camera.