Clickinmoms.com had a photoshop tutorial on black and white conversions. I muddle through conversions but it's not often I am really excited about how a conversion comes out.
I did something stupid with this effort and started with a photo I wanted to "save" It was a cute expression and I knew mom and dad would like it. But it took cloning and fussing and I couldn't really get it all right.
Start:
So, I did what I could with the back blurred it out a little and just went on with the conversion. The conversion part was simple, but new to me.
1. desaturate the image completely
2. add a "soft light" curve
3. Add a level adjustment ( 20/.80) to darken the midtones/shadows
4. Add a level adjustment (10/1.4) to then brighten the midtones for contrast.
Then because every image is different, I played with the opacity of the layers. Then I did a quick eyeball sharpen. I liked the outcome for this one (at least in terms of the BW conversion. The background is another story.):
I did something stupid with this effort and started with a photo I wanted to "save" It was a cute expression and I knew mom and dad would like it. But it took cloning and fussing and I couldn't really get it all right.
Start:
So, I did what I could with the back blurred it out a little and just went on with the conversion. The conversion part was simple, but new to me.
1. desaturate the image completely
2. add a "soft light" curve
3. Add a level adjustment ( 20/.80) to darken the midtones/shadows
4. Add a level adjustment (10/1.4) to then brighten the midtones for contrast.
Then because every image is different, I played with the opacity of the layers. Then I did a quick eyeball sharpen. I liked the outcome for this one (at least in terms of the BW conversion. The background is another story.):
Do you have a "go to" process for BW conversions?
