Working In Grayscale - Adobe 65064073 User Manual

You can apply this preset to other photos taken with the same camera, under similar lighting conditions.
Save default settings for cameras
You can save new camera raw defaults for each camera model. Change preference options to determine whether the
camera serial number and ISO settings are included in the defaults.
1 Open Presets preferences, and then select whether you want the camera serial number and the camera ISO setting
to be included in the defaults.
In Develop module, select a raw file, change settings, and choose Develop > Set Default Settings.
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3 Choose Update To Current Settings.
In Presets preferences, you can choose Reset All Default Develop Settings to revert to the original settings.

Working in grayscale

Convert a photo to gray tones
Grayscale Mix in the Grayscale panel converts color images to monochrome grayscale images, providing control
over how individual colors convert to gray tones.
Convert the photo to grayscale by selecting Grayscale in the Treatment area of the Basic panel.
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2 Adjust the photo's tonal range using the settings in the Basic and Tone Curve panels.
In the HSL/Color/Grayscale panel, darken or lighten the gray tones that represent colors in the original photo.
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• Drag the individual color sliders to adjust the gray tone for all similar colors in the original photo.
• Click Auto-Adjust to set a grayscale mix that maximizes the distribution of gray tones. Auto-Adjust often
produces excellent results that can be used as a starting point for tweaking gray tones using the sliders.
• Click the Targeted Adjustment tool
the photo you want to adjust, and click the mouse. Drag the tool, or press the up and down arrow keys, to lighten
or darken the grays for all similarly colored areas of the original photo.
To apply grayscale mix automatically when converting photos to grayscale, select the Apply Auto Grayscale Mix
When Converting To Grayscale option in Presets preferences.
For a video on converting a color photo to black and white, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_lr_video_bw.
Tone a grayscale photo
Use the sliders in the Split Toning panel to color a grayscale photo. You can add one color throughout the tonal range,
such as a sepia effect, or create a split tone effect in which a different color is applied to the shadows and the
highlights. The extreme shadows and highlights remain black and white.
You can also apply special effects, such as a cross-processed look, to a color photo.
Select a grayscale photo.
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In the Split Toning panel of the Develop module, adjust the Hue and Saturation sliders for the Highlights and
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Shadows. Hue sets the color of the tone; Saturation sets the strength of the effect.
Set the Balance slider to balance the effect between the Highlight and Shadow sliders. Positive values increase the
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effect of the Highlight sliders; negative values increase the effect of the Shadow sliders.
in the upper left of the Grayscale panel, move the pointer over an area of
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