One of my favourite things about digital photography is the fact that you can turn half decent images into decent images with the aid of computer software. I had always used Paint Shop Pro in the past but recently I have started to find my way around Photoshop.
Our task was to show a basic understanding of Photoshops many ways to convert to black and white. Photoshop lets you do this by using four main functions.
- Hue/Saturation
- Black & White
- Desaturate
- Channel Mixer
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This is my original photograph. Now using the tools in Photoshop I had to create a few different variations of this picture using the previously mentioned tools. I think my favourite tools for this task are the black & white tools. You get more freedom to create some nice tones to make the photo more striking.
Using the black & white tool from the images menu, I adjusted the levels until I was satisfied with the results.
Next, using the select tool we were asked to create a half black & white, half colour image.
Next up is my favourite of the the tools we used. The history brush. This lets you revert parts of the image to its original colour. This can be used to give a great and dramatic effect to some photos. In this next photo I used the history brush to leave my model in black and white, yet his surroundings are all in colour. This was rather painstakingly done but worth it in the end.
Photo manipulation is something that really interests me. I love surreal images and have seen quite a lot of what Photoshop can do in magazines. I cant wait to delve deeper into the world of Photoshop.
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