In addition to converting your color images to Black and White by changing your color mode to Greyscale or by using the Channel mixer (PS only), here is yet another technique you might like to explore.
- Open a color image
- In the layers palette, click on the ‘Create adjustment layer’ (PSE) icon or ‘Create new fill or adjustment layer’ (PS) icon and select Gradient Map.
- From here you can choose among a number of different gradients, choose the 'Black,White' gradient.
- Bam, there you have it, a dynamic Black and White image. If it doesn't look right, you can try clicking the Reverse checkbox, changing the blend mode, or reducing the opacity in the Layers palette.
nice idea.
Posted by: amit agarwal | January 30, 2005 at 01:20 AM