Black and White Conversion
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22 comments:
It is interesting to compare the difference between desaturated and B&W. I don't have any of those programs but I can do it in Aperture 3 (I'm just learning it)
Lisa thank you so much for posting this!!! So Helpful and anxious to try this out! By the way, check out my blogpost for today! In honor of "YOU". Have a wonderful day!
Thanks for the tutorial .. me? I go into iPhoto and click on B&W .. voila!
So you're saying that doing b&w in-camera simply desaturates the image? I'd always heard that it's better to shoot b&w in-camera, but maybe not...
Anyway, I love your final edit because it makes an ordinary image really pop. Thanks for taking the time to educate. :)
Great tutorial, Lisa, & I'll definitely check out the 'Channel Mixer' setting... although, I have Paint Shop Pro, but it has Channel Mixer, too... Thanks! =)
@Gail -
Depending on your camera, it does desaturate much like moving the saturation slider all the way left. The little computer inside the camera, usually cannot do what the software can.
Lisa, thank you for this tutorial, i have Elements 8 and use Convert to Black and White.
Thanks for sharing your process...love the contrast and how you have brought out the textures!
I just discovered Topaz Lab's Black & White plug-in. Its a whole new world to explore... Love your image
This was very enlightening. Thanks for the clear explanation and demonstration of the difference between desaturation and B&W conversion.
Nice tutorial Lisa!
Excellent tutorial.
Regards and best wishes
Thank you so much for your great tutorial.
I love this! Windows call out to me all the time... and I adore the reflection.
I like using the B and W option and hope to find time to experiment more with this during 2012.
It is snowing here so I am enjoying staying warm and catching up with all my blogging friends.
Lisa,
I knew that there was a difference but never saw it so plainly explained with your photos. Thank you, my friend!
♥charlotte
Thanks for the tutorials! I've got PSE and LR3 but I'm still a novice!
Hi Lisa,
Fun image - a different kind of beauty! Great that you're taking the time to help educate folks. That's wonderful. I always shot in color and make the B&W conversion in my editing program, Aperture. I enjoy working with B&W, as it trains us to see in values. Values and composition are really the backbone of our images.
xo~ Anna
That's a nice tutorial. I usually use the gradient map in photoshop to convert images to black and white. I blogged about it a while ago. Anyway, I would love you and your readers to join my this week's giveaway. have a great weekend, Lisa!
fatastic and very helpful blog! indeed you are so right, some pis are made for b&w...have a great weekend!
Perfect image to convert to B/W! Thanks for the tut Lisa. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
Hi Lisa, thank you for taking time to share your wealth of information. I tried these steps in LR3, and I think I have a fairly nice image (on my blog). I enjoyed making the changes and watching the image turn from color to B&W (I love seeing values, like Anna says). Have a wonderful weekend!
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