Comments on: Techniques for Turning Color Photos into B&W http://www.dphotojournal.com/various-photoshop-techniques-for-turning-color-into-bw/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nïall Green http://www.dphotojournal.com/various-photoshop-techniques-for-turning-color-into-bw/#comment-203247 Nïall Green Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:43:51 +0000 http://www.dphotojournal.com/various-photoshop-techniques-for-turning-color-into-bw/#comment-203247 Another great way to convert to black and white, and get much greater customisation is to use the black and white adjustment layer. Go to Layer/New Adjustment Layer/Black and White... This will give you a dialog box with customisation from -200% to +300% for Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow, as well as tint options with hue and saturation levels. Adjust the sliders to suit your image, e.g. for studio portraits, adjusting the red and yellow sliders up is great to flatten skin tones. For tinting, choose the best for your photo. a 45 degree tint at about 10% is very good for a slight sepia effect, whilst a 185 degree tint at 5% is good for a slight cyanotype look. Again it is up to you. Thanks for reading, Nïall Green Another great way to convert to black and white, and get much greater customisation is to use the black and white adjustment layer.

Go to Layer/New Adjustment Layer/Black and White…

This will give you a dialog box with customisation from -200% to +300% for Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow, as well as tint options with hue and saturation levels.

Adjust the sliders to suit your image, e.g. for studio portraits, adjusting the red and yellow sliders up is great to flatten skin tones.

For tinting, choose the best for your photo. a 45 degree tint at about 10% is very good for a slight sepia effect, whilst a 185 degree tint at 5% is good for a slight cyanotype look. Again it is up to you.

Thanks for reading,
Nïall Green

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