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Learning Pixelmator
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Learning Pixelmator

by Mark Stagi
April 2013
Intermediate to advanced
118 pages
2h 39m
English
Packt Publishing
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The perfect black-and-white print

Black-and-white photography can have such a beautiful, classic look to it. To begin with, you may tend to use just the Desaturate or the Black and White effect in the Color Adjustments effect panel; however, there are other ways that can give you more control to create the perfect black-and-white print.

Let's walk through creating a black-and-white image. Start with the image you would like to convert to black and white, and add a new layer. Fill this layer with black and change the Blending option of this layer to Color. Then select the main layer and choose the Curves effect. Here you can choose the Red, Green, and Blue colors and adjust each curve to get the exact black-and-white effect, according to your liking: ...

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