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How to make a Black & White picture

Written on November 12, 2007 by admin

How to make a Black & White Picture

In these 9 easy steps you will learn how to create your black and white picture from a colored one!

 Step 1.

 

Open your photo -> File- Open.

Press D key to choose white/black color mode for brush.

Step 2.

On Layers click on Create new fill or adjustment layer icon and on drop
menu click Gradient Map.

Step 3.

 

In new window just click OK

Step 4.

 

After these steps you photo must be like this picture.

Step 5.

 

On Layers click on Background to activate them.

Step 6.

 

Now go to Image - Adjustments- Brightness/Contrast and
in window set amount and click OK.

Step 7.

 

Now you have a great white/black photo

Step 8.

 

Now click on Gradient map and reduce opacitu.

Step 9.

 

Now you have a new effect on your photo

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8 Comments on “How to make a Black & White picture”

  1. photoshop tutorials | January 7th, 2008at 3:46 am

    really nice effect!
    I think that the final gradient layer opacity is making the most of the effect.
    it can be better by playing around some more with color layers etc.
    nicly written!!

  2. Tutorial Effect | February 13th, 2008at 12:21 am

    It’s a good tutorial! I’ll be using this for sure

  3. Beverly Hills Real Estate | March 27th, 2008at 9:58 pm

    This is a excellent tutorial in making colored pictures into black and white.
    It is easy to understand (even for me).
    Even so , just to be on thew safe side (I’m not set up for it yet) for interested parties, I am, and do suggest bookmarking this page, to be able to refresh on this post.
    Thank you. Dave

  4. chelcie | April 28th, 2008at 8:58 am

    yeah!

  5. Cesar Martinez | May 21st, 2008at 12:28 am

    Awesome very useful I will use this for family photos but photoshop is EXPENSIVE!!

  6. louisville chris | May 22nd, 2008at 2:57 am

    Oh wow, great work. I am still new to photoshop, and have been doing this all wrong. I love this aid.
    Thanks

  7. Bernhard | May 24th, 2008at 7:56 pm

    Here well arranged and varied posts appear again and again. I look gladly here past. Many greetings from the center of Germany!

  8. UK Student News and Events | July 1st, 2008at 7:11 am

    Great site, I’m so glad I came across it. This is going to be a great help for me so thanks. Bookmarked for later.

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