Photoshop color quetsion

[GreenCloud]

dammit jante..too lonag away

How do I change a color photo to black and white..

I actually want it not black and white but..the old looking..kind of ..white is light tan..and the black is well..a lighter black..

I have an old photo of a PAN Clipper that is that color..im trying to reproduce a shot of  a b-17 flying over Golden gate in that old style color filter

[ramzey]

for print or for web?
i hope you mean grayscale  cuz black and white can mean only black or white dots (pixels)

simpliest way is
go to image ->adjustments , pick  hue/saturation
chk "colorise" box
now move saturation slider to the left
and play a little bit with hue slider to find "yellowish" tone of old photo

simple "b/w" you can get just by moving saturation slider or just convert to grayscale in image-> mode ->grayscale

[GreenCloud]

well kik mule...

thank you

i took a digital classs in college..dam i hate falling behind..thank god atleast i remebered hwo to atleast open it

[gnubee]

Well...if you want to change it to a gray scale shot like an old BandW photo in photo shop... go to Image-Mode-Grayscale.

The other thing you mentioned (the yellowed black and white photo) is known as Sepia. But I'm not sure how to do that.


Good Luck

[ramzey]

np
im glad its help you

Originally posted by gnubee


The other thing you mentioned (the yellowed black and white photo) is known as Sepia. But I'm not sure how to do that.


Good Luck

sometimes is enought to do som effort to slide screen and read 1 post above ;-)

[eilif]

A quick way:

after you change the image to grey scale, convert it back to a colour file format then press Ctrl U  you can put in a quick tint doing it this way, just play with the sliders, saturation hue ectra.