Comments on: 7 Black and White Photoshop Conversion Techniques

By: Fernando

Fernando — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:22:05 +0000

Errr….desaturate?

By: Gabriela Hernandez

Gabriela Hernandez — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:44:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I learned a couple of new tricks!

By: gabriel

gabriel — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:24:55 +0000

i preffer the ‘non-destructive’ efects myself. thanks for sharing, i’m using a few of the methods described depending on the situation. your tips will com in handy sometime! thanks

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:34:58 +0000

It’s worth remembering that adjustment layers have masks and you can combine two or more using masking to achieve the look you want.

By: Jason Collin Photography

Jason Collin Photography — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:03:46 +0000

I with Mark and dapixara…earlier this year I got Silver Efex Pro and absolutely love it. I am totally much more into B&W photography because of it. Love the high structure filter in particular.

By: Pushpendra Pal

Pushpendra Pal — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:42:45 +0000

Very nice tutorial.
The methods given by the author are really useful.

By: dapixara photography

dapixara photography — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:24:33 +0000

Photos looks so good in black and white. My advise try to use Nik Silver Efex Pro.

By: Tom Fish

Tom Fish — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:06:28 +0000

One thing you forgot is that you can turn a photo black and white using a saturation layer/desaturation or any other method, then add the photo filters as adjustment layers. I’d imagine this is helpful for people used to using black and white films with filters, plus you can change the opacity of each layer individually and add/remove these filters individually, which makes comparisons easy.

By: Bryce D

Bryce D — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:22:02 +0000

Great article… I knew a couple of these ways but the others are nice additions.

By: Jeremy R. Cox

Jeremy R. Cox — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:49:56 +0000

I like the B/W Adjustment Layer and I use this method frequently. In his book “Welcome to Oz”, Vincent Versace describes a method in which he uses several channel mixer adjustment layers and masks. It’s been a little while since I read this book, so I can’t really describe it well. He is a great photographer and get’s great results so it’s definitely worth checking out. The rest of the book is good to.