Lynda - Creating Black-and-White Landscape Photos with Photoshop | 836MB

Duration: 3h 01m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Photographers like Ansel Adams taught us to look differently at nature: not in terms of color, but contrast. Printing the images in black and white revealed these hidden depths. In this course, Taz Tally teaches you how to use modern techniques to transform color images into majestic black-and-white landscapes, using the modern photographer's favorite tool: Photoshop. Learn how to evaluate images with the Info tool, convert RGB color images using Photoshop's time-saving black-and-white presets, and make more advanced adjustments with the black-and-white custom sliders, masks, and adjustment layers. Plus, learn finishing techniques, like sharpening, that will make your images look their best when it comes time to print.

Topics include:

* Exploring different methods for creating grayscale images

* Measuring grayscale values using the Histogram and Info panels

* Adjusting highlights and shadows to improve brightness and contrast

* Enhancing foreground-background separation

* Creating contrast with masks

* Enhancing contrast with gradient masks and clipping-masked curves

* Sharpening with nondestructive tools