Re: converting an image to greyscale for diginegs

Sounds like it's the method "invented" by Russel Brown:

See page http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html,
scroll down to "Seeing in Black & White".

Regards,
Loris.

Quoting "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>:

> Dear all,
> I just found out a great method of converting a neg to greyscale from
> a student who found it out from a prof who found it out from....who
> knows:
>
> Do layer>new adjustment layer>hue/saturation twice. In other words,
> two of these adjustment layers.
>
> On the top hue/saturation layer, move the slider to the far left
> under saturation to desaturate the image to a greyscale look. This
> layer is in "normal" blend mode on the layer drop down menu.
>
> Set the hue/saturation layer closest to the image, the one right on
> top of the image, to "color" mode in the dropdown menu on the layers
> palette that usually says "normal".
>
> Go into that layer, double click on the palette, and with the hue
> slider, slide back and forth. This will change the relationships
> between the colors globally in all sorts of possible ways and choices
> from infrared to deep and dark.
>
> Those of you diginuts already know this. Those of you like myself
> and other budding diginuts, this is really quite cool.
> ...
Received on Sat Feb 11 14:18:41 2006