Getting a true black and white

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buz
Jun 9, 2005
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Hello

I am trying to get a photo of a document and it seems regardless of the amount of light I use the ‘white’ paper of the document is an unpleasant grey.

Can someone tell me how to deal with this or lead me to the appropriate ‘Help’ document. All I want to do is turn the ‘grey’ paper to white.

TIA

Buz
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Colin Walls
Jun 9, 2005
As a starter, you might want to look at the Levels command [or, better, adjustment layer].
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Herb Brown
Jun 9, 2005
Buz,

Under what lighting conditions did you take the image and what WB setting did you use?

Herb

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Hello

I am trying to get a photo of a document and it seems regardless of the amount of light I use the ‘white’ paper of the document is an unpleasant grey.

Can someone tell me how to deal with this or lead me to the appropriate ‘Help’ document. All I want to do is turn the ‘grey’ paper to white.
TIA

Buz
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Bernie
Jun 9, 2005
….are you photgraphing in B&W????? have you changed the Mode to Greyscale???? if you have done thaty then follow as Colin suggests and adjust the Level…

david
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Will_Winn
Jun 9, 2005
I have been following this forum for a while but haven’t replied because I usually know just enough to work out my problems but not enough to rescue anyone else. Besides, the great folks on this forum are so knowledgeable that I just enjoy viewing from the sidelines in awe.

However, this is one topic that I’m quite familiar with. I do a lot of document scanning and editing and I have found that using the Replace Color command has worked best for me. Choose Enhance>Adjust Color>Replace Color and then use the Eyedropper to select an area on the document that you would like to lighten. Then push the Lightness: slider all the way to the right. That should turn your paper white but leave the text untouched.
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buz
Jun 9, 2005
Thank you

I have worked with the levels command with marginal satisfaction. I will try the other suggestions and report back.

Thabnk you
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buz
Jun 9, 2005
If anyone knows how to set an EOS Rebel to B&W mode I would appreciate it. I have perused the manual (quickly) and found no reference to B&W shooting mode.

Thabnk you
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Merrill_Mack
Jun 10, 2005
No B&W mode on the Rebel.
Merrill

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