{"id":16007,"date":"2015-11-23T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=16007"},"modified":"2015-11-23T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:02:04","slug":"many-ways-to-convert-color-to-black-white-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/16007\/many-ways-to-convert-color-to-black-white-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Ways To Convert Color To Black & White"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u00a0<\/strong>There are at many ways to convert an image from color to black and white. Here's a roundup and evaluation of the top seven plus a set of considerations to help you choose the best one for your needs.
\n1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Desaturate <\/strong>
\nDesaturate or use the Saturation slider to make all the channels the same without control over the mix. Desaturaton is\u00a0useful for near neutral images, otherwise it produces compressed tonal structure.
\n2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Convert Mode To Grayscale <\/strong>
\nGrayscale conversions eliminate all channels but one. The default\u00a0mix is\u00a059% Green, 29% Red, 11% Blue. This can be customized by targeting a single channel before conversion, to get 100% of any channel in any color space, including Lab. Quick and direct, this method eliminates future flexibility; its limited use is to create Grayscale images for reproduction but it's not the best way to make a conversion from color to black and white.
\n3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Channel Mixer <\/strong>
\nThe Channel Mixer set to Monochrome allows you to customize the mix of channels and\u00a0can be used as an adjustment layer, which allows you to change the mix at any time in the future.<\/p>\n