Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 on Demand

Chapter 10. Working in Black and White

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• Convert Images to Black and White

• Apply Grayscale White Balance Adjustments

• Apply Auto Grayscale Adjustments

• Apply Custom Grayscale Adjustments

• Create a Split Tone Image

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Introduction

Black and white photography is an art form unto itself. Thankfully, the Lightroom developers at Adobe have recognized this, and have provided you with a “digital darkroom” environment that offers an incredible amount of creative control over your black and white conversions.

Although Lightroom contains a “Convert to Grayscale” command, the use of the term “grayscale” is actually somewhat misleading. When you apply this command, Lightroom does not convert the color image to Grayscale ...