3/5 - 3/6: CONVERTING TO BLACK & WHITE IN PHOTOSHOP

Please take notes (I will be checking your notes!) as I go over the following techniques for converting images to black and white in Photoshop CS5.

The techniques are:
1. Black and White Adjustment Layer
2. Converting to grayscale
3. Hue/Saturation adjustment layer
4. LAB Color Method
5. Gradient Map
6. Channel Mixer

You are required to utilize and know all of the above mentioned adjustments for converting an image from color to black and white. All black and white adjustments are covered in this article: http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/post-processing/7-black-and-white-photoshop-conv ersion-techniques/