Converting Color Images to Black and White
7. Adjust another color range.
To adjust just the woman’s hair and skin, select Reds from the Edit menu. Move the Hue and Saturation sliders.
Tip: To see the adjustment in color, turn off visibility of the Hue/Saturation 2 layer.
8. How to adjust a group of colors.
To select a group of colors to adjust, select the Eyedropper tool, place your cursor on the image, and hold down the Shift key. A plus sign will appear next to the Eyedropper tool. Click on one color, then another (for example blue and red). Notice how the range at the bottom of the Hue/Saturation dialog box has increased to include the selected group of colors to adjust. Then move the Hue and Saturations sliders.
9. Finish making the adjustments.
When you’ve finished making your adjustments, click OK. Remember, the beauty of adjustment layers is that you can always go back and change your adjustment without altering the original image.
10. Conclusion.
So there you have it—the incredible, spectacular Russell Brown technique for converting color images to black and white. Now you also have all this same control on 16-bit color images. Amazing, but true!
