Select each color channel individually from the RGB drop down menu. Under the Mode drop-down menu, choose Color.Īfter clicking OK to create the new layer, the Curves Adjustment Panel will be opened. By using the tool bar you are able to choose your blending mode. There’s a reason here for opening the new adjustment layer using your tool bar, rather than using the Adjustment Layer icon in your Layers Palette. To do this, open a new curves adjustment layer by clicking on Layers>New Adjustment Layer>Curves. Once you have your black and white image adjusted, you are ready to perform the color toning process.
After clicking OK, when the slider dialog opened, I simply moved my cursor inside the image and using the eye dropper tool on the sky, dragged my cursor to the left. To do this I selected Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Black & White. For instance, on my shot of the remains of a shipwreck, I wanted to darken the sky. This allows you to adjust different sections of the image separately to your personal liking. The reason I prefer this method, as opposed to simply changing your Image Mode to gray scale (a common way of converting to black and white) is that by using the Adjustment Layer you are able to adjust each color channel individually. Presto, the black and white adjustment layer tool converts your color image to a gray scale image and you now have a black and white image. Select the New Adjustment Layer icon in the bottom of your Layers Palette. There are many ways to do this, however, for this tutorial you simply use a black and white adjustment layer. The first thing you do is convert one of your color images (select one of your favorites) into a black and white image. All you need to follow along with this tutorial is a black and white image, your CS3 software, and some quirky ideas. In this tutorial I describe color toning of a black and white image using tools available within Photoshop CS3. Everything should be simpler when processing B&W images, right? After all, everything exists in shades of gray, doesn’t it?
Hello all and welcome to the challenging world of black and white photography.
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