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02/05/2006 10:20:24 AM · #1 |
| can i convert to black and white using the basic rules? |
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02/05/2006 10:29:54 AM · #2 |
| Yes. Just make sure the steps you take are within the basic rules (I think most are). |
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02/05/2006 01:58:01 PM · #3 |
thank you!
i would be using channel mixer, if not i can shoot in monochrome, but i would prefer to shoot in colour and sort out later, could not see anything in the rules one way or the other?
one more thing slightly off topic trying to work out when the deadline for submitions, what time zone is this based on?? |
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02/05/2006 02:00:47 PM · #4 |
Subbmission's dead line is EST
edit to add that is also GMT - 05:00
Message edited by author 2006-02-05 14:02:44. |
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02/05/2006 02:02:33 PM · #5 |
Channel mixer conversions are OK for basic :-)
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02/05/2006 02:02:50 PM · #6 |
Using the Channel Mixer to make your shot a monochrome is fine for Basic Editing, as long as you apply the adjustment to the entire image at once, with the use of any selections/masks.
FWIW, you can convert to a Duotone as well, with the same restrictions -- note that if you use Photoshop's Duotone mode, you have to convert back to RGB mode before saving the final JPEG image. |
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02/05/2006 02:03:00 PM · #7 |
You can use the Black and White mode in camera and it would be legal. Not the best solution but it will get you a Black and White photo.
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02/05/2006 02:05:14 PM · #8 |
Use two adjustment layers, both hue/saturation
The top hue/sat layer is set to 0% saturation
The lower hue/sat layer can be used to change the lightness of the carious color channels giving you much finer control over the tonal range.
Legal for Basic too. |
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02/05/2006 02:16:46 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Falc:
Use two adjustment layers, both hue/saturation
The top hue/sat layer is set to 0% saturation
The lower hue/sat layer can be used to change the lightness of the carious color channels giving you much finer control over the tonal range.
Legal for Basic too. |
This works best under advanced rules, because the lower hue/sat layer works most efficiently in Color Mixing mode, rather than in Normal Mode.
Channel Mixer is probably the best way to convert to B&W under basic rules.
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02/06/2006 11:19:00 AM · #10 |
wow! thanks whatch out for a b&w soon!
just one more thing what is colour mixing mode? never hear of this? but then there is ALOT i have never heared of :) |
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02/06/2006 11:23:44 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by richard42:
wow! thanks whatch out for a b&w soon!
just one more thing what is colour mixing mode? never hear of this? but then there is ALOT i have never heared of :) |
That's the blending mode on the layers palette. Only normal blending mode is allowed in basic though. |
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