Photoshop 'phun' in Black & White
GREETINGS! We're hot & rainy this week. Now we can stop worrying so much about fires.
Hope you’re doing well . . . been playing lots of cards, trying to sell on Craig’s List and fix
something I bought on Craig’s List that wasn't as good as I thought it was.
Just decided to look through my images from Arizona at the Xona Resort. There was this really
interesting passageway between two of the main buildings. The top was open to the elements,
but did have wooden slats over it. The shadows made such a cool pattern on the cement and on itself.
I decide to take on the pictures and play around with it in Photoshop CS4 & Elements 9.
First, I decided to convert it to black & white because it’s such a graphic image, and I love
graphic images. You see a very strong repeating pattern that is accented by removing the colors.
In CS4 you can open an image then go to the top tool bar under Adjust>Black & White.
Once there you have 13 presets----so don’t just be happy with the default mode.
Check them all out.
Then you can fine tune the image with the 6 color sliders. They bring out each color of the
original image as it contributes to black, white or gray tones. You can also apply a tint, increase/decrease saturation and hue.
You can also do this on the side under the adjustment palette. Just click on the
black & white icon, make you adjustments & it creates another layer without changing your
original image. It’s the best way, although it increases your file size. You can combine the
layers at the end to decrease it.
In Elements 9, you go to the Edit Workspace>Enhance>Convert to black & white.
This gives you 6 presets with fancy names as well as 3 color sliders and a contrast
slider. Check all options. Then save with a different name to keep your original.
PHOTOTIP: The last b&w image was cropped tightly at an angle. Cropping often adds to
an image while taking away from it. On the bright image I went to a Curves layer adjustment
& played around with the points of the color graph.
BLESSINGS!
Psalm 36:7
See more pix
Go the my home page
Facebook connection
email:artisticimagesbypc@me.com
Hope you’re doing well . . . been playing lots of cards, trying to sell on Craig’s List and fix
something I bought on Craig’s List that wasn't as good as I thought it was.
Just decided to look through my images from Arizona at the Xona Resort. There was this really
interesting passageway between two of the main buildings. The top was open to the elements,
but did have wooden slats over it. The shadows made such a cool pattern on the cement and on itself.
I decide to take on the pictures and play around with it in Photoshop CS4 & Elements 9.
First, I decided to convert it to black & white because it’s such a graphic image, and I love
graphic images. You see a very strong repeating pattern that is accented by removing the colors.
In CS4 you can open an image then go to the top tool bar under Adjust>Black & White.
Once there you have 13 presets----so don’t just be happy with the default mode.
Check them all out.
Then you can fine tune the image with the 6 color sliders. They bring out each color of the
original image as it contributes to black, white or gray tones. You can also apply a tint, increase/decrease saturation and hue.
You can also do this on the side under the adjustment palette. Just click on the
black & white icon, make you adjustments & it creates another layer without changing your
original image. It’s the best way, although it increases your file size. You can combine the
layers at the end to decrease it.
In Elements 9, you go to the Edit Workspace>Enhance>Convert to black & white.
This gives you 6 presets with fancy names as well as 3 color sliders and a contrast
slider. Check all options. Then save with a different name to keep your original.
PHOTOTIP: The last b&w image was cropped tightly at an angle. Cropping often adds to
an image while taking away from it. On the bright image I went to a Curves layer adjustment
& played around with the points of the color graph.
BLESSINGS!
Psalm 36:7
See more pix
Go the my home page
Facebook connection
email:artisticimagesbypc@me.com
Posted by Pamela at 7/13/2011 5:37 PM 
Categories: Artist help, America, Instructional, FUN, Photography tips
Tags: Photoshop Elements 9 black and white curves adjustment presets color sliders hue saturation graphic image repeating pattern
Categories: Artist help, America, Instructional, FUN, Photography tips
Tags: Photoshop Elements 9 black and white curves adjustment presets color sliders hue saturation graphic image repeating pattern
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