![]() ![]() Of course, you'll need at least Photoshop CS3 as well if you want to follow along.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! Since the Black & White adjustment was introduced in Photoshop CS3, I'll be using CS3 for this tutorial. We're going to focus entirely on the adjustment layer version, since as we saw in the Non-Destructive Photo Editing with Adjustment Layers tutorial, adjustment layers allow us to work flexibly and non-destructively on our images. There's the standard pixel-based version found by going up to the Image menu and choosing Adjustments, and there's the adjustment layer version. It's really that simple!Īs with most image adjustments in Photoshop, the new Black & White converter comes in two flavors. Does the brightness of the grass or the trees need a little fine tuning? Drag the Greens slider left or right until you get it just the way you want it. Need skin tones to appear lighter? Drag the Reds slider towards the right. Want the sky to be darker in the black and white version of your photo? Just drag the Blues slider towards the left. With the Black & White adjustment, you can easily emphasize certain areas of an image and de-emphasize other areas based on their original colors, without having to know anything about Channels or what Photoshop is doing behind the scenes to display color. ![]() It's called the Black & White adjustment, and it's easy, it's totally natural, and it's even lots of fun! In fact, it's so simple that anyone can use it regardless of their skill level! For something as common as converting color photos to black and white, there had to be a better way.įortunately, the folks at Adobe agreed, and in Photoshop CS3, they introduced the only tool you'll ever need to convert your color images to black and white. ![]() Even then, using the Channel Mixer never really seemed natural because it forced us to think like Photoshop rather than asking Photoshop to think like us. In fact, up until recently, the only way to gain control over the conversion was to use Photoshop's Channel Mixer, which was fine as long as you understood a thing or two about how Channels work. We've had slightly better and more impressive sounding ways of converting to black and white, like switching over to the Lab color mode to separate the color from the lightness values in the image, but even then, we had no control over the results. Sure, there's been quick and easy ways to go about it, like simply desaturating the image or converting it to Grayscale, but these methods gave us no control over the process, leaving Photoshop to throw away color information any way it saw fit, and the results were usually less than spectacular. For most of Photoshop's lifetime, converting color photos to black and white has left many people feeling blue. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |