Photoshop: Perfect Black and White images

[zume]

I was really hoping for a tutorial on true "Black", and "White" and not all that grey. Photoshop is making duotone very complicated. X.x

[AnaChan88]

Thank you! :)

[rhysalexanderstones]

too complicated don't even know how to "copy things to they're own layer" - wtf?

[ipwnyorass]

way too complicated for me. i just use a b&w "action" when editing a batch of photos

[dawnjones82]

very nice of you to put such fab vids on youtube free... dont know why you dont make make your own dvds and charge for them! your tutorials r great :)

[CeNaTyLeR]

Is there a way to make the image ONLY black or white, with no gray areas.

[NeverContactMe]

@CeNaTyLeR Yeah, it's called threshold.

[MultiCch]

superb....... i think you have lots of knowledge about color channel . i like your video tutorial.

[sedjumbee]

how did you coppy that layer with black ang whie @ 6:06 THANKS

[airwaves956]

ctrl+alt+shit+e :)

[smokeymine]

Very helpful tutorial. Many thanks!

[aomf58]

Excellent tutorial.

[aomf58]

Great!

[gieankyle]

thanks for this tutorial, it's very helpful i'll definitely try this one later.

[admbrns]

the whole reason he made this video is to show an alternative to Desaturate, which will lower the quality of the picture.

[lubsoing]

Great solutions. Particularly love the last one "channel mixer". Thanks for sharing...

[skept725]

Desaturating it is very easy indeed, but I appreciate the options given in this tutorial. Very well done!

[smiley235]

I would just copy a layer and then desaturate it,

[REDHouseVideo]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS!.. I love the channels option.

[guy7581]

Thank You !

[TantraGal]

That was a great vid! Never really thought of using the channel mixer at all.

[stephensonbrown]

ARE YOU FOR REAL?

[ken0ken]

my problem is that. when i use the channels to make my pic black and white and i save it as a jpeg.i still get a colored pic. is it possible to simply pik the red channel and use what that gives u in a pic

[ranash1995]

I think you better watch the video again. You have to select all in a channel, then copy, then go back to the layers palette and paste it in before you can save anything.

[ratherrather]

@ranash1995 the vid was really great especially the lab mode

but the problem is that i can't save a jpeg or jpg copy? how can i save such format?

all whats available is only psd eps pdd or raw

pls reply thanks

[crystalxrawr]

even easier you can do ctrl+shift+U

[Zlatan0095]

thank you

[ChorizoinPOA]

Really helpful without waisting any time, thank's mate!

[tomlois6464]

great! very clear..

[1914sweet]

nice clean tut. Thanks for the tip on Camastia.

[bbazemore1]

how are you making the copy layer and renaming it. I can't get it to work. ALl I get is a white layer.

[ranash1995]

Make sure the layer to be copied is chosen. Then hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E (PC) or Cmnd+Optn+Shift+E (Mac)

[bbazemore1]

got it thanks

[xxzxxdreamxxzxx]

sorry to bother you sir, but which would you say is the most used method? the best . . . what would you use mainly? thanks for your time.

[BigDsEyedia]

@ranash1995 Thank you! Someone at least say this :)

[tHEPypEr1]

Awesome! Very explicit and simple!

[nolitafairytale]

tnx:)

[CrocKid]

What program did you use to make this tutorial?

[ranash1995]

Camtasia studio. You can download a trial version from Techsmith

[CrocKid]

Thanks have just downloaded it. It looks like a great program.

[pipi333]

great tip for bw conversion, full lesson!

[tragis]

awesome.finally, a decent bw conversion.thanks alot!!!