Article · Northlight Images
Black and white from colour -- B&W conversion techniques
By Keith Cooper
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2012
About this lesson
Photographer and printer Keith Cooper compares several black-and-white conversion routes in depth -- Channel Mixer percentages, Hue/Saturation with blend modes, deleting the A and B channels in Lab color, and a curves-plus-Hue/Saturation combination -- with specific settings for each.
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