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Photoshop How-To: Better Black and White
Imagine a future where you capture only color images and transform them into tonally rich black-and-white works of art. Then go one step further and imagine morphing that grayscale masterpiece into a stunning infrared image. Good news: The future has arrived.
Written by Mark S. Johnson on October 27, 2006
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This excerpt courtesy Mark S. Johnson Photography and Radiant Vista
There are many ways to convert an image from color to grayscale. Instead of using your camera's built-in black and white conversion, you'll usually get better results if you take control of the conversion process. This article takes you through the process step by step, and even includes additional steps to transform black-and-white photos into infrared images.
To get you started, the author has supplied a sample photo just right for these techniques. Click on the link below to save the image to your computer.
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Note that this excerpt is part of a larger ebook on photographic techniques. For more about the Photographer's Photoshop CS2 Companion, see the author's bookstore.
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