Creating good Black and White images from a color image is a very complex task, there are many many ways to do it in Photoshop alone. I will demonstrate one simple one here that uses a Gradient Map adjustment layer.
Archive | April, 2003
Fixing washed out images
It happens to everyone, while taking your photos you think they will come out great, and when you eventually get the prints back, or download the images you find they are washed out and totally dissapointing.
This simple to do technique will hopefully be able to fix some of them.
Straightening Horizons
Have you ever taken the perfect landscape shot only to see later on that its skew? In this quick tutorial, which is based on a post here, I will show a very simple way to correct it without guessing.
Contrast Masking
Coolpix 5700 strap
I bought the Coolpix 5700, its a very good camera but I must say Nikon must be kidding with the accessories, especially considering the £820 price tag.
They give a 16Mb Memory Card with a 5 Megapixels camera, that is completely useless.
The strap supplied with the camera is short and rather rough, it used to srape my neck and hurt all the time. The end result is that I am now in the market for a new neck strap, and this seems to be a trial and error process. What I would really like is a strap with a swivel connector to prevent the constant twisting.
Using layer masks
Photoshop has a very usefull tool called layer masks. If you have ever wanted to emphasize the focal point of your image by making just that color and the rest black and white then this is the tool for you. Read on for a tutorial on using this usefull tool.
Beginners Photoshop Actions
With most modern programs such as word processors and spreedsheets you can record a macro of oten used series of commands. Photoshop too has a macro function known as Actions.
In this tutorial I will show how to create and use a action that will convert a color image into a infra red one.
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