B&W conversion - how do i do this??

wave5

http://mariemadame.deviantart.com/art/Black-and-White-57547870
how do i make photo look like this??
whenever i try making black and white it looks dull and grey cry
i got photoshop can someone telll me how to do it.
i also want to make photoshop action for it :cry :dunno
plz tell me how to make this
:bow

ex of what i want: http://rubberman542.deviantart.com/art/Pac-man-Black-and-White-47616310

i want it to look bold with black n white.. mine look so dull and noisy

TheGoondocks

There are many different ways to create a black and white image in photoshop. The quickest and easiest way to get something close to this would be two steps...

1) create a black and white layer and adjust the color sliders to get the different tones you want.

2) Open a Curves layer and adjust the contrast of the image.


You can get more in depth by selectively adjusting contrast using masks.

Other than that, I don't really see anything that out of the ordinary about the picture you are looking at.

zoomer

Desaturate a color photo do a levels adjustment. If you want the skin really light push the white point....or contrast.

pathfinder

To make a good black and white image, you must start with a good image with a full range of tones from black to white.

Here are a full page of links on B&W conversions - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=114917

I am moving this thread to Finishing School since it is not about shooting, but post processing.

arodney

Start with this superb and free video from George Jardine:
http://mulita.com/blog/?p=1244

Peano

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It depends on the image you're starting with. Perhaps if you posted the color version of an image you want to convert, others can show you various ways to do it. There's no one formula that will produce the same results for all images.