APOGEE PHOTO MAGAZINE: Let's Get Digital


Let's Get Digital Photo Art Lesson 2: A visual guide to creating a black & white image from a color slide What is the best way to create a B/W image in Photoshop? Do I need a B/W transparency or film to get a BW image? When it comes to B/W, what are my options? These are some typical question asked by many. With this lesson, I will try to explain some options you have in Photoshop to create a great B/W image.
	We start with a normal colored photograph of a flower or flowers. In Photoshop, you have three options which are as follows:
	1) Image----> mode---> grayscale. By using this method you have limited your option to the use of information available in 3 RGB channels. (This image in the future can be enhanced with the CURVE or LEVELS tool.)
	2) You can go to Image---> Adjust----> Hue/Saturation and de-saturate the image. In this method you are in RGB mode This method of creating gray scale leads to many other options, but for B/W creation; it is limited.
	3) Using the Channel Mixer is by far the best method! Image----> Adjust----> Channel Mixer (check the monochrome box).--> OK As you open, you will notice the difference. Now you have RGB channels which contains monochrome information that are available to you. By moving the sliders towards the right and left; you will be able to mix different information as you see fit.
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