What is the best method for Black & White conversion?

I need to give a client black and white versions of photos from a shoot we did. I know I can use Grayscale settings and can Desaturate but I am always seeing people talking about better, more accurate methods for black and white conversion.

So what is the best and most accurate way to convert a color image to black and white?
I have Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Lightroom.

Looked in? : -= FAQ & IMPORTANT LINKS =- (Read Me First)

-= Post Processing Tutorials List =-
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=34606

Channel mixer - user control 1/2/3/~ to see each channel, mix to taste. Add contrast, do my vignette technique - link in my sig.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #3157967
Looked in? : -= FAQ & IMPORTANT LINKS =- (Read Me First)

-= Post Processing Tutorials List =-
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=34606

None of the images show up in the demo for the black and white conversion. All broken links.

You could have drilled down to: http://www.thelightsri​ght.com/tutorials-pdf.htm
http://www.thelightsri​ght.com …akingAFineArtB&​WImage.pdf

In Lightroom you can use presets found on the web. I have found some noce ones here.

http://www.atncentral.​com/download.htm

Color to BW
Author: Danny Raphael
Posted: 7/16/2006

load BW Swiss Army Knife

then snag...

Blanco y Negro (Black and White conversion)
Author: Juan García Gálvez
Posted: 11/16/2006

between those 2 you can make a kicken b&w image from pretty much any image.

Thank you guys. I'm going to download some of those presets and give them a try. I tried using a Channel Mixer adjustment layer in Photoshop and got pretty good results but it's hard for me to tell if I've got an accurate conversion. Hopefully some of the Lightroom presets will speed up the process and make it easier.

And off course there is Russel Brown: B&W variations (for CS2 and one for CS3)....

Hi René,

Thanks but that is why I indicated in my post that I have Photoshop CS (not CS2 or CS3) and Lightroom.

For now I ended up downloading some of the Lightroom presets and making some adjustments. So far so good.

René Damkot wrote in post #3159252
And off course there is Russel Brown: B&W variations (for CS2 and one for CS3)....

My favorite for anything! His technique is one of the more versatile ones.

TMR Design wrote in post #3159824
Hi René,

Thanks but that is why I indicated in my post that I have Photoshop CS

Then you could use "Photo Toner Technique" from the same site

However, I think that most of the B&W variations should work with CS.

Thanks René,

I'll check those out.