How to make a photo black and white - is a very common question among novice photographers. Like anything complicated, but sometimes the results are not encouraging. Basically, it's easy to convert a photo to black and white, but there are nuances, which should take into account.
First of all, black and white photography to be more clear and sharp. Masters can tell, that it is not so. And I agree with them. But we are not talking about creating masterpieces, but simply about a good black and white photograph.
Secondly, If you're shooting an outdoor landscape, there may be problems with the translation of the sky in black and white version. If cloudiness solid, no visible clouds, the picture is not very. Anyway, I do not like. If you take pictures with the processing of an eye in black and white format, I try to pick a clear day or when clouds clearly legible. Then the picture is a more expressive.
If you take pictures of people, then too there are nuances in the processing of. Complexion - in black-and-white version, it will be gray and you have to pick a shade, to face was expressive.
I took a little video, where in a few minutes the example show and tell, how to quickly restore photos and make a photo in black and white using the program Adobe Lightroom. I use this program for a long time. Although the field for fast processing before use Aperture. Unfortunately, Apple stopped supporting the program and today is mainly used Laytrum and sometimes for Capture One Express fast processing 9 (for Sony) of companies Phase One.
In brief, the creation of black and white photography is to convert colors to grayscale. Pure white, as pure black – This options "nothing". Absolute darkness and bright light - there is nothing, only the color.
Here is, how to pick up nuances and complexity is.
Some nuances when processing photos, It is worth paying vnimnaie:
- Contrast, as mentioned above - the contrast adds brightness of photos and makes it clearer, reducing smooth transitions, making the lines more sharp;
- Clarity - this all is clear. We can not play with the color, so we play with shades, but that picture was spectacular doing it clearer.
- change the saturation, (lightness) colors separately. There are no rules as such, and it all depends on the purpose of processing. for example, to make the leaves more visible, we are in the bright light of the Green Light, and the processing of night photography lighter.
- Light and dark shades. By changing the levels of black and white, We can also change not only shades, but the brightness, crisp photos
- harshness. When processing color photography use this tool very carefully. He adds graininess, and changing the grain sizes and reduced granularity itself sharpening effect. In black and white photography, especially when shooting at night this tool can be used more safely.
it, if it is short about, what to consider when creating a black and white photo. Well, now he is a lesson. There is nothing particularly new, but can someone come in handy.
so, before the video itself will show that we have been and what happened in the end, after treatment:
Something very simple 🙂 Although my son liked – I had no time.
Well, everything is really simple here, if we take a photo for the web. And for more serious work, it is also not very difficult., if you do not need to add any effects or shades. The most important (forgot to write) 🙂 – edit it in like / dislike mode.
And in Photoshop it's better, otherwise I did not use Lightroom? I have something faded in Photoshop or some kind of plastic 🙁
Lightroom is easier than Photoshop, and its purpose is precisely to process photos in RAV format, although you can work with a jeep. Everything is the same in Photoshop. – in the image tab – correction after converting to black and white, you just need to adjust the brightness for different colors, and then either change the brightness / contrast or work with curves. well, or you can lower the saturation to 0 and then work with curves and contrast with brightness too.