February 2014 – Page 3

How to Create a Black & White Image in Photoshop (Part 2)

Posted on 21.02.2014 by pixelmove.com

Taking Your Black and White to the Next Level

In today’s episode you will learn how to use Curves to take control of your black and white. We use show you how to analyze your histogram and use input and output channels to dial in your light and dark levels.

After fine tuning the image with Curves, we use channels to select lighter areas of the photo and fill them with white to bring extra attention their way.

We finish the image off by creating a light leak type effect and transforming it onto our subject.

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How to Create a Black & White Image In Photoshop (Part 1)

Posted on 20.02.2014 by pixelmove.com

Creating a Black and White Photo

In this episode you will learn 3 different methods for creating a black and white image in Photoshop as well as the pros and cons of each.

We start off with the most simple approach to creating a black and white – desaturate. To desaturate an image, make a stamp visible layer by hitting Ctrl+Optn+Cmd+E and go to image-adjustments-desaturate or press Shift+Cmd+U. This is the fastest way to turn an image black and white but lacks the control of other methods.

Next we use the Black and White adjustment layer which will allow you to adjust the brightness of your image based on color, for instance you can make the reds lighter and the blues darker.

The final method we use is the Channel Mixer, appropriate for when you want to create an image with a ton of contrast.

Additional Effects
After we turn our image black and white we apply a field blur to draw more focus to the subject’s face and top it off with a little grain to make the blur a bit more realistic.
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