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Lightroom and Photoshop: Black and White Photography

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Overview

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Learn how to transform color images into black and white photographs using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Create world-class black-and-white images with Lightroom and Photoshop
  • Why black and white?
1. Black and White Considerations
  • Thinking in black and white
  • Shooting with black and white in mind
  • Getting the most out of the camera you have with you
  • Choosing black and white or color
2. Choosing the Right Lightroom
  • Which Lightroom is best for you?
3. Black and White: First Steps in Lightroom
  • Getting started
  • Preparing a color image for black and white
  • The power of creative profiles
  • Black-and-white mixing and adding tone
  • Fine-tuning your image
  • Finish work using tools
  • Utilizing presets effectively
  • HDR for black and white
  • Panorama
  • Lightroom black-and-white workflow
  • Lightroom workflows for black and white
4. Black and White in Photoshop
  • Camera RAW and Smart Filters
  • Smart Filter
  • Making selective edits
  • Taking advantage of adjustment layers
  • Layer masks
  • Adjusting the toning of your image
  • Removing noise, adding grain, and sharpening
  • Photoshop black-and-white workflow
  • Transferring photos from Lightroom to Photoshop
5. Black and White: Beyond the Desktop
  • Lightroom for Mobile black and white
6. Beyond Black and White in Photoshop
  • Working with the Silver Efex plugin for Photoshop
  • Creating frames for black-and-white images
  • Converting color video to black and white
7. End-to-End Workflow
  • Putting it all together in a single image
8. Modern sharing
  • Sharing and collaboration
  • Portfolio
  • Spark
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Bryan O'Neil Hughes

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