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In Reply to: RE: B&W Effort posted by pictureguy on June 19, 2017 at 17:45:36
That's a great picture. Have you tried to just convert it B&W instead of desaturation it?
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
Homer Simpson
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Photoshop has 2 paths to B&W from color.
Desaturate is easy and fast but maybe NOT what you want.
The OTHER photoshop verb is simply called 'Black and White'.
Using that function you can simulate many of the classic films of old or create something all-new.
For example? Some films are mainly blue sensitive. to get a correct tonal representation you may want to apply a YELLOW filter. I think those are ORTHO films.
PAN or PanChromatic films have better red sensitivity and produce s different image 'feel' when properly employed. Look up the popular Kodak film called Verichrome Pan. Nice.
Other films are ORTHO films and do not produce the same image when used side-by-side with PAN films.
Digital cameras are weird when converting to B&W and while a simple 'desaturate' may give good results, I prefer trying to mimic older styles.
Too much is never enough
I use the Light room software and I can desaturation or convert to B&W but I don't see a way to mimic the old film stock, maybe I am over looking something.
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
Homer Simpson
PB is a PIA, you don't have much control, but there are quite a few options, a bonehead like
me can use it AND the price is right!
The 1st B&W is desaturation; the others from the effects selections.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
In addition to what BH did, photoshop has desaturate. I think that simply removes all color information.
But more detail can be had using the ' B&W' dialogue.
In that, you have color sliders which allow you to remove colors selectively. And not just RGB, but also Cyans and Magentas. In addition a 'tint' can be applied to do ANYTHING you desire, including various density of SEPIA and such. Or mimic other metals besides a Silver process.
Using that dialogue you might be able to mimic either Panchromatic or Orthochromatic film. Or create entirely novel looks and effects.
I think there is a 3rd way, turning off color channels but I can't remember offhand how to do that one.
What is more interesting to ME is going the OTHER way.
Take 3 photos.
One using a RED filter
One Green
One Blue
Stack 'em up and vary the density for color balance. NASA used this technique to get color images from places with NO reference to adjust to.
Too much is never enough
here's what I did in about a minute to your signature with a 90s b&w style cartoon print. there are lots of options available, I used a web app for this one.
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