Professional Black And White Photo in Photoshop CS3

Professional Black And White Photo in Photoshop CS3

Hello Photoshop Addicts! , well there's some new interesting Features in the new Adobe Photoshop CS3, one of them is the Black & White Conversion, so in this tutorial we're going to show you how to use plus some other tools to get a Professional Back and White Photo In Photoshop CS3.

Step 1:

Choose the photo you want to convert to Black and White, any size, background or quality is cool.

Step 2:

Go to Image - Adjustments - Black and White.

Ok, now this menu will show up, you'll have to change all the values depending on your photo's color. Take your time to make the best contrast possible.

The following settings are just an example.

This is what I get:

Step 3:

Now that you have finished with the Black and White, we're going to make some manual shadows and highlights to make the photo more stunning.

Grab the Burn tool.

Set the master Diameter Settings depending on your photo's size.

Now make some exaggerated shadows. We made this to make like a visual impact.

Now, grab the Dodge Tool. (you can find the dodge tool making right click in the Burn Tool)

Make some highlights (of course, in the parts you didn't make shadows)

Step 4:

Finally, the last touch.Go to Filter - Sharpen - Unsharp Mask.

And put just a little bit of sharp, enough to make the image a little stronger.

And its done! Your stunning Professional Black And White Photo in Photoshop CS3 is finished.

Hope u like the effect and learn to use the new Black and White Feature, see you later for more Photoshop Tutorials.

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