 Tammy J. Russotto |
How To Convert From Color To B&W I've tried several different ways to convert color images to black and white but the image always looks flat and blah! I want to make the image pop and look nice. Any suggestions? Thank you!!!
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hello Tammy, Even though you have converted the original to B&W, the colors are still affecting the look of the image. I use Photoshop and use the "convert to B&W" tool. I then will play with the color sliders and see how they affect the look of the photo. Contrast and the correct white balance will also affect the look as well as levels and curves. Hope this helps!
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Tammy J. Russotto |
Thanks, Carlton. I'll try your suggestions. Tammy
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Jesse C. Plummer |
Don't know if it makes a lot of difference, but before I convert, I run an action for enhancing the colors and also adjust for better saturation using the Variance tool or Curves. Then I convert. I feel like it gets the tones better represented and the contrasts and details more enhanced.
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Stanley Joel Schretter |
While Photoshop is certainly my 'swiss army' knife of post processing, I find that the Nik Silver Efex Pro add- on software provides more ease of use and greater flexibility to generate B&Ws. This software will now work directly with other programs such as Aperture or Lightroom, thus not requiring Photoshop. Cheers, Stan
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Sam Britt |
Hi Tammy, My favorite way to convert images to Black & White is using a Black & White Adjustment Layer in Adobe CS3. It has presets, but I prefer using the Custom setting, working with each color until I get contrast I want.
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Rainer and Simone Hoffmann |
Hi Tammy, are you familiar with layer masks in Photoshop? With respect to black & white they are the equivalent of dodging and burning in the darkroom. My workflow usually is like this: 1. Adjustment layer "Black & White" If you are not familiar with layer masks then it's definitely worth learning about them. Hope this helps. Rainer
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