Creating high-impact black and white images
Black and white images are favored by a lot of photographers—they evoke feelings of antiquity, style, and artiness in many different scenarios.
The trouble is, if you ask a bunch of photographers how to convert a file into black and white, they'll come up with multiple different ways of doing it—some good, some great, some too complex.
Elements makes this process a little easier with a specific Convert to Black and White tool. Here's how it works:
- Open an image.
- Choose the Convert to Black and White tool (Alt/Opt + Ctrl/Cmd + B or Enhance | Convert to Black and White).
- The Convert window opens and the image in the main edit space automatically converts into one of the black and white recipes on offer. With the introduction of higher-resolution monitors, the fixed-shape preview before and after windows are less relevant than the main image behind them.
- Choose from one of the recipes on offer...
