Convert to Black and White
The medium of back and white is favored by a lot of photographers – it evokes feelings of antiquity, style, and artiness in many different scenarios. The trouble is, if you ask a bunch of photographers how to convert a file into black and white, they'll come up with multiple different ways of doing it – some good, some great, some complex.
Elements makes the conversion process a little easier with it's own Convert to Black and White tool. Here's how it works:
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Step one: Choose the Convert to Black and White tool (Alt/Opt + Ctrl/Cmd + B or Enhance>Convert to Black and White).
Step two: The Convert window opens and the image in the main edit space automatically converts into one of the black-and-white recipes on offer. With the introduction of higher resolution monitors, the fixed-shape preview before and after windows are less relevant than the main image behind it.
Step three: Choose from one of the...