Photoshop black white BW Channel Mixer Video Tutorial Conver

Photoshop Video tutorial showing how to use the Channel Mixer to convert from color to B&W (Grayscale). We will concentrate on the non-destructive way of using this techniquie.

This tutorial is excerpted from my CD 'Conversion From Color To Black & White', ©2005 C H Behrman Photography/ www.chbphoto.com

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Howto & Style

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• Photoshop
• B&W
• Conversion
• with
• Channel
• Mixer
• Video
• Tutorial

[Tomasm21]

Ok I copied main picture, then created new image of the same size and inserted. I was able to do everything.

[chbphoto]

@Tomasm21 I'm glad it worked for you. The newer versions of Photoshop (CS4 & CS5) have some Channel mixer presets that might help, too. Also, you might try the black & white adjustment layer - that one works beautifully.

[Tomasm21]

I opened picture and there are no channels. no red no green no blue.your video is useless

[chbphoto]

@Tomasm21

Are you using Photoshop or Elements? Elements does not have a channels dialog.

If you're using Photoshop - you must open the Channels panel - it's in the "Window" menu.

Are you in RGB? Or maybe you are in CMYK or Lab - then you must change to RGB.

If you are using Photoshop, then you are doing something else wrong - ALL images are made up of channels.

cb

[estren1]

cool. thx!

[chbphoto]

thank you for the comment - I'll try to post more soon

[Barker02e]

Great Vid

[Tomasm21]

@chbphoto

I was using CMYK. I have created new picture of the same size. Then I have copied all old picte and inserted to new blank picture. Then I had RGB. I was able to do all changes. I needed Hue/Saturation from Adjustments. So I have succesfully changed colors. Thank you for the advice. Perhaps you should also warn everybody that if they open a new picture, they cannot edit it.

[liesbeth2008]

Very well explained. Thanx a lot!!!

[Dilanbg]

IM FREAKIN HORNY! f

[AdaMtehMaN]

a great tutorial, clear and defined with explanations at every step while still keeping at a nice pace