greyscale

[WarmingTheCurb]

What's the best way to do it? I want to be able to adjust all aspects of a greyscale setting.

 

[Welles]

Hi WarmingTheCurb,

Are you referring to turning an RGB image into Grayscale? If so there are a zillion ways and partisans of each. I favor the Channel Mixer (Image > Adjustments > Channel Mixer...), usually starting with a preset which is available among the preset goodies on the PS install CD. There is a small series of Grayscale Channel Mixer Presets and I usually start with the standard one and tweak to taste.

Not too long ago I uploaded that preset for those who hadn't installed it originally.

http://www.photoshopgurus.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4618

Cheers!

 

[MindBender]

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to control, but my favorite method of converting to grayscale is to convert first to Lab mode, select the L channel and then convert to Grayscale mode, choosing to delete the other channels when prompted (or just delete the a and b channels). That will usually give you the most dynamic separation.

If you are more specific about what exactly you're looking for, I'm sure we can give you some better advice.