HSL/Grayscale in PS-not ACR?

In ACR there is a great tool that lets me adjust colors but I can't find it in 'normal' Photoshop CS5 or CS6. Does this tool exist for files that aren't CR2?

I want to make some adjustments to the sky in an edited b/w photo and can't figure out how to do it without this tool.

Many thanks in advance.

The tools in Camera Raw are different from the tools in the Photoshop editor. But, you can do similar tasks in the editor, it's just learning to work with the abundance of tools.

A good "starting point" is learning about the PS Adjustment Layers. There you can do all kinds of manipulations with your original image as the Background layer. If you examing each of the various adjustment layers you will find a ton of capabilities.

Excellent! Thank you, Tony. I found a bunch of tutorials/info with a google search using 'adjustment layers' per your suggestion.

Jason

Open your image from ACR -> Photoshop as a Smart Object. Duplicate the layer via "New Smart Object Via Copy"

You can then go back to the ACR controls and make adjustments and mask out the parts you don't want to adjust.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14597794
Open your image from ACR -> Photoshop as a Smart Object. Duplicate the layer via "New Smart Object Via Copy"

You can then go back to the ACR controls and make adjustments and mask out the parts you don't want to adjust.

That too!

In fact, you can combine the two techniques -- open a Raw as a Smart Object, then open an Adjustment Layer for the smart object layer. Then, at some point double-click the smart object and it goes back to Camera Raw where you can tweak things and still have the adjustment layer in place!

For creating a B&W image, there's the B&W adjustment layer. Same sliders you have in ACR when you tick the "convert to grayscale" box.
Other option is a hue/sat adjustment layer.

Just like a CR2, both of these adjustment layers only work if the background layer has color to work with.

Some more options to go to grayscale in PS: http://www.getcolorman​aged.com/general/grays​cale/