On 10/24/2009 1:04 AM, Licinio wrote:
On Oct 23, 4:10 pm, "lebouef" wrote:
There is nothing you can do that can’t be done . . . in Photoshop. All B&W conversions are similar at the core. They only vary in the means for adjusting selective color tonality.
There are several ways to do this in CS1: you must struggle to learn.
I’m sure there’s a way, that’s why I was asking!
If any of you guys have experimented with this technique, please let me know.
In my earliest PS class (on CS1), the teacher had a list of eight ways to convert color to black and white. Since then, Adobe added a very precise way to control color tonality to achieve the best black and white image. I presume that learning the eight official ways to convert and learning the new system are part of the struggle to which Leboeuf refers. However, I still find an unofficial method the easiest to use:
1. Correct your image to attain the best possible color image.
2. Add two HSL layers on top.
3. Open the top HSL layer and fully desaturate.
4. Change the blend mode for the lower HSL layer to color.
5. Open the lower HSL, and move the Hue slider to find the best B&W image. Voila.
This method may not as precise as the new B&W conversion option, but it’s a lot easier.
Neil