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Black & White conversion

Postby joey on Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:40 pm

Could someone recommend black & conversion plugin for Photoshop?

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Re: Black & White conversion

Postby big pix on Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:46 pm

use the RAW converter....... just slide the saturation slider all the way to the left........ and use the other sliders to ajust contrast, tone, and more

.......there are many ways to do this ......google is your friend
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Re: Black & White conversion

Postby jethro on Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:55 pm

I use hue Saturation sliders and then play some more
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Re: Black & White conversion

Postby shakey on Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:46 am

I do an adjustment layer with the channel mixer. Tick the monochrome box, and then adjust RGB channels to get the look you want. Although there is a contrast slider in the channel mixer choice, I don't use it. I next do another adjustment layer with the Brightness/Contrast option to get the contrast I want.

As has been mentioned there are many ways to do B&W conversions. I think the channel mixer and separate contrast layers gives you more flexibility than the H/S option but just take a couple of photos and have a play.
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Re: Black & White conversion

Postby Reschsmooth on Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:28 am

Option x, convert to LAB mode, go to the channels (I think) and discard the "a" & "b" channels (I believe if you discard one, you automatically discard the other).
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