Drawar Thread: How do you convert color to B/w

How do you convert color to B/w

LorriM — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:02:47

I do the same thing that Joe does.

How do you convert color to B/w

Jupiter — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:23:38

Yep, like Joe does it. Before I switched to Photoshop I used Picturepublisher, where I converted to grayscales and back to RGB and then adjusted colors.

How do you convert color to B/w

RightOn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:05:07

Joe's plus, depending on the picture I'll convert it to LAB color and mess with the Lightness channel some.

How do you convert color to B/w

Mike — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:46:32

Joe's method is exactly what I do.

How do you convert color to B/w

JoeLencioni — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:40:39

In Photoshop CS3 I usually just add a Black and White adjustment layer and then play around with the levels until I have a black and white conversion that I like. Before I had CS3, I used to add a Channel Mixer adjustment layer, click on Monchrome, and mess with the levels until I had a conversion I liked.

Here's a sample:

How do you convert color to B/w

tylerc66 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:39:26

I was woundering how other photographers convert there color photos to black and white. For a while now I have been using the Gorman BW Action in photoshop . Below is a shot where I used the Groman action