A B&W Conversion from a recent wedding...

Very cute and i like the conversion, it works well

Nice....is there a little bit of a colour tone there?

razyl wrote in post #6851950
Nice....is there a little bit of a colour tone there?

Thanks,
Yes, there is a smidge of a sepia tone. I overlaid a sepia color with a color layer, then reduced the opacity to about 15%.

Cool, it works really well

she's beautiful. Nicely done. The vignetting works well in this shot.

the conversion looks great

Nice conversion but I think a 4:3 ratio crop would look better - maybe even square.

Nicely done. How did you convert?

mattograph wrote in post #6854731
Nicely done. How did you convert?

1. Duplicate layer
2. Change layer to 'overlay mode'
3. Select 'filter-other-high pass'
4. Move slider to about 6 or 7 to sharpen up the image
5. Stamp layer (ctrl+shift+alt+e on PC)
6. Select 'layer-new adjustment layer-gradient map'
7. Click the gradient bar, and a window will pop up
8. I had to click the B&W gradient selector, others do not have to for some reason
9. Adjust sliders on bottom to give the blacks more depth and the whites more pop (play with the sliders and see what you like) hit ok
10. Click 'layer-new fill layer-solid color' and select a sepia tone
11. on that new fill layer, make it into a 'color mode' layer
12. Take opacity down to 12-15 just to knock off the gray and give it a little golden tone
13. Make new layer; select ellipse marquee tool; make a circle near perimeter of image
14. Go to 'select-inverse selection' then go to 'edit-fill-black-ok'
15. Go to 'select-de-select' hit gaussian blur max setting twice
16. Take opacity down to a level you're happy with
17. Flatten layers and save image. I ran some noise ninja on mine then an USM.

It's not that difficult and takes like 5 minutes.
I made an action of it.
You can adjust the B&W Toning by clicking on the "B&W Toning" Layer in the Layers pallet, then clicking the little black and white circle, then adjust the sliders for the gradient map. Let me know how it works out peeps.
Enjoy.

EOS_JD wrote in post #6854719
Nice conversion but I think a 4:3 ratio crop would look better - maybe even square.

That's a good Idea...i might even make a faux Hasselblad print from it, you know, the square with the notches in the sides. That would look sweet.

S-Man wrote in post #6855564
1. Duplicate layer
2. Change layer to 'overlay mode'
3. Select 'filter-other-high pass'
4. Move slider to about 6 or 7 to sharpen up the image
5. Stamp layer (ctrl+shift+alt+e on PC)
6. Select 'layer-new adjustment layer-gradient map'
7. Click the gradient bar, and a window will pop up
8. I had to click the B&W gradient selector, others do not have to for some reason
9. Adjust sliders on bottom to give the blacks more depth and the whites more pop (play with the sliders and see what you like) hit ok
10. Click 'layer-new fill layer-solid color' and select a sepia tone
11. on that new fill layer, make it into a 'color mode' layer
12. Take opacity down to 12-15 just to knock off the gray and give it a little golden tone
13. Make new layer; select ellipse marquee tool; make a circle near perimeter of image
14. Go to 'select-inverse selection' then go to 'edit-fill-black-ok'
15. Go to 'select-de-select' hit gaussian blur max setting twice
16. Take opacity down to a level you're happy with
17. Flatten layers and save image. I ran some noise ninja on mine then an USM.

It's not that difficult and takes like 5 minutes.
I made an action of it.
You can adjust the B&W Toning by clicking on the "B&W Toning" Layer in the Layers pallet, then clicking the little black and white circle, then adjust the sliders for the gradient map. Let me know how it works out peeps.
Enjoy.

Thanks for the fantastic info. I can't wait to try this!

Thanks for sharing, great info. As soon as I'm done work I'll be heading home to give it a try.