Wednesday, August 12, 2015

How many ways can you change Color to Black and White in Photoshop?



I know, I know...simply click the button on your camera to "discard" the color...but wait!  What if you could have a number of ways to change your images to black and white with complete control over the value and end result you really want  - just like the professionals?  Try the 6 ways here and know that much more!
Desaturate
1)    Image – Desaturate
2)    Image – Mode – Grayscale
a.    Click “Discard”
Hue/Saturation Tool
1)    Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Hue Saturation
a.    Move Saturation slider all the way to the left
Lab Color
1)    Image – Mode – Lab Color
a.    Go to Channels (this is in your layer bar)
b.    Select “Lightness” Channel
c.     Image – Mode – Grayscale
d.    Click “OK”
Gradient Map
1)    Make sure your Foreground/Background are Black and White
a.    Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Gradient Map
b.    Click “OK”
Channel Mixer
1)    Image – Adjustment – Channel Mixer
a.    Check “Monochrome”
b.    Manipulate Red, Green and Blue (but numbers must add to 100%)
                                              i.     If under 100%, image will go dark, if over 100%, image will lighten
•Red – 100% Red
•Yellow – 50% Red, 50% Green
•Orange – 75% Red, 25% Green
•Cyan – 50% Blue, 50% Green
Dual Hue/Saturation
1)    Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Hue/Saturation
a.    Move the Saturation all the way left, click “OK”
b.    Click on the Background
c.     Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Hue/Saturation
d.    Click “OK”
e.    Change Layer Blending Mode to Color
f.      Double-Click on Hue/Saturation, manipulate Hue.

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