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The
following steps will guide you through the process of this
conversion.
Open the file that you have chosen to convert from color
to black and white.
Once the file is open, go to your layers pallet; click and hold
on your background layer, then drag this background layer
on to the "New Layer" icon.
You have just now created a new layer or background copy of your
original layer. All of the changes in creating the MonoChrome
image will occur on this layer.
Next go up to "IMAGE", click on and then scroll down
to "ADJUSTMENTS", then to CHANNEL MIXER."
A box will come up on the screen that has " Out put
Channel" and "Source Channel".
Just below the Source Channel there will be THREE channels that
are titled
Red, Green and Blue. Each channel has a slide bar that has a %
number.
This is the area you will be making the tonality changes to your
Color Image.
Just below this area you will notice another slider
"Constant with a % number. I generally leave this slider
set a o%.
At the bottom of the box you will notice a small check box and
the word "Monochrome", by checking this box, you will
noticed that your color image has just turned to a Black and
White image.
The image is now ready to start the process of creatively
adjusting the various
tonalities in your image.
Now go back to the Red, Green and Blue sliders to start
creatively making those tonal adjustments in your image.
Try to maintain a 100% total from the adjustments when you
combine the Red, Green and Blue sliders. ( Red might
be 60% - Green might be 30% and blue might come in at 10%, which
in turn adds up to 100%)
When viewing the individual channels of an image, try to find
the best possible channel - look for tonality that describes the
image to your liking.
We now have converted are image to monochrome.
Now we will transform are MonoChrome image into a Sepia Tone.
Click or Highlight the "Background Copy layer" in
the Layers Pallet.
Go to "Image" on the menu bar and click on it. Scroll
down to "Adjustments-Color Balance" and click on
"Color Balance" (Ctrl B for PC users).
At this time I would like to remind you that the color or
tonality of your final image is completely up to you. One
persons likes is another persons dislikes. You are the only one
you have to please.
You should now be viewing your Color Balance dialog box.
Check the "Preview Box". This option will show
your adjustments.
Now is the time to start adjusting your colors levels to create
your
Sepia Tone image. You have two choice here in that you can move
sliders or you can also just type in a numeric value in the
boxes
next to "Color Levels".
Try the following BELOW
settings as a starting point for your Sepia Tone image.
Remember, the interpretation of color is in the EYE of the
Beholder. It becomes
very subjective and you are the only one you have to please.
You have now completed the
transformation of your monochrome image
to an image that has this wondrous tonality of Sepia quality.
Remember the settings above are only a starting point, it is
left up to
the artist to make that final judgment on how those tonalities
will be viewed.
Mouse over the below image to view my final interpretation of
my
conversion of a MonoChrome image to Sepia Tone.
This conversion example is just one of several ways to convert
your images in
to the Sepia Tone Tonality.
May the quality of light always be with you and may your inner
most
soul always be open to change and acceptance.
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