kevin m. Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 "Brad's tip on clicking on the tone chart itself is also helpful, since there's no indication to do that to get to adjustments what-so-ever. Cryptic developers at Photoshop must think we're mind readers." No kidding. Half of the computing world seems like that to me. The first Mac I owned, I couldn't figure out how to eject a CD. A friend finally told me to drag it to the trash, as if that were the most logical thing in the world. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie f Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Thank you Marc. I usually work with chromo film scanned to CD for b/w, but this helps for digital conversions. Also, thank you Brad for your add-on to this. Most appreciated. Very good info. I will make a print-out for reference since my memory seems brain-dead recently. ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Tardio Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Another neat little tip...after you've done your Gradient Map conversion, go to: Edit > Fade Gradient Map > adjust the slider and you can put back a touch of color if you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieo Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thank you all for this great advice! I have been "playing" with my b&w conversions trying to get them just right. Tried this technique last night and it worked great! I also did the layer opacity adjustment for that old-fashioned look. I LOVE photo.net! ;-) Katie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_sokal___dallas__tx Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I still like Clayton Jones technique which is easy to setup as an action, and is easy to tweak if necessary. As an action it is instant too. Step 1. Open a Hue/Sat adjustment layer and click okay. DO not adjust Step 2. Open Channel Mixer layer Step 3. Check Monochrome in channel mixer Step 4. Set red to 60%, green to 40% and blue 0% Step 5. If you don't like the channel conversion, you can open the Hue/Sat layer and by moving the hue slider, tweak the image. Of course you can also alter the channel mix if desired. Once this is set up as an action, you can do it instantly and have an easy way to tweak. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heller_harris Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 You can use the Hue/Sat layer technique with the Gradient Map, too. Open a Hue/Sat layer, then open a Gradient Map layer. Tweak the Hue/Sat as necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewkane Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Hahahaha well well well I was just about to implement that split channel red/green method Marc posted a few months ago for the "Dreamy look" to over 70 images... needless to say that would have taken a while. I like this look with the gradient map alot to oh and I'd rather have some free time this week! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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buffdr_raz1 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Can this be done in Element 5.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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