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Black and White Processing 02

how to process a black and white image in Photoshop

With the contrast move we might have lost some detail in the shadows or highlights - in this case I masked all the whites except for the sky and some of the darkest shadows. I used the magic wand for the hilites and a soft brush for the darker parts. The wand usually produces a very hard edged mask - use the gaussian blur tool to soften the edges and get rid of halos. If the result still looks funky, the mask needs some detail work with a brush.

how to process a black and white image in Photoshop

usually I give my photos a slightly warm tone by modifying the red channel. A three dot move from 128 to 131 gives me a subtle result.

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Comments (1)

Ciao Markus,

first of all I would say you that I consider your site and photographic job probably the best I saw since now!

I spent almost one year in NY city as scientist in the American Museum and if I saw your site before I was certaninly trying to contact you and ask to meet you personally, anyway...

I know Photoshop a bit for my job but never used the "mask".
Therefore I have problems to understand what you exactly mean.

Once you masked the highlites (eg) with the wand, what do you do then?

Which tool do I need to give the Edges?!
Your answer will be very appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Valerio (from Siena, Tuscany)

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