DaveyA Posted September 2, 2011 Share #1 Posted September 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would like to try some of my D-lux 5 shots in black and white. My question is, the pictures all have a green look to them when downloaded into LR3, is it ok just to convert them straight to b&w or should I carry out some adjustment to get rid of the green first. I'd be grateful for any advice at all regarding b&w conversions and adjustments. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DaveyA Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted September 3, 2011 OK, I have discovered that it is just a question of adjusting the white balance to get a "normal" looking picture. So far so good. Is the next step to convert to b&w and then adjust the picture, or get the coloured version looking it's best and then convert to b&w? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted September 3, 2011 Share #3 Posted September 3, 2011 I think generally, the best way is to get the image to look good in color first, then desaturate to b&w. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted September 6, 2011 Share #4 Posted September 6, 2011 To convert a color image to B&W, I get the image to look good in color. Then decompose it into three separate layers, R-G-B. These are grayscale layers (they are not in color) overlayed on each other, not separate images. Then modify each layer's opacity and also switch around the top/middle/bottom layers (RGB, GRB, BGR etc) until I'm happy with the results. Then flatten the image (merge all layers). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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