Later in the day, I know, but it's all good :)
Today we're going to jump in to B/W conversions. A beginners quick tutorial on using the channel mixer to do B/W conversions. If you've ever seen the vast array of methods people use to make B/W and wondered where the heck to start, hopefully this will give you a good base of how to use one adjustment layer to achieve a bunch of different looks.
I am having way too much fun with the new tutorial video recording software, I know I'm a total dork, but don't hold it against me okay?
I'm hosting the video on my own webserver for now, hopefully it can handle it.. keep your fingers crossed! PLEASE let me know asap if you have any problems viewing the video. It should be full screen, all sorts of goodness.
After you view the Tutorial you can grab the Week's freebie.. A quick set of B/W conversions using the channel mixer and an S curve boost. Again, I'm demonstrating what I'm doing in the tutorial, so watch it before you snag the actions.. I'll know, I've got special action tracers that will track you if you don't view it......... For real, I do :)
Now keep in mind.. these are just a starting off point for your conversions.. Feel free to add/subtract/butcher/etc the actions.. Make them your own. Let me know if you have any problems or questions
Also, remember to leave me a comment, hello, suggestion, whatever in the comments and you may win your choice of action sets (Winner will be posted on Monday, so check back then!)
Have a great weekend everyone! :)
77 comments:
Thank you so much for all you do!!!!Love the actions!
Thanks for doing these tutorials, and for the freebies - you're so generous!
You rock, girl. I love this. I'm always looking for a new way to do black and white, it's nice to go back to the basics.
Hey Kylie! Thank you for another great tutorial and actions! It's a good practice to go back and get a refresher on basics now and then...thank you! I also love your lil friend that pops up with key points in his thought bubble! Too cute! hehe :)
Awesome tutorial! You're so generous :)
Wow, thanks so much! I am new to photoshop and your tutorial was fantastic! I was able to follow you so easily! Thanks again!
Wow Kylie - what a great tut! Thanks so much. B/W conversions with the channel mixer is one of my favorite ways to covert!
WOW! thank you so much. Your tutorials are super easy to follow:) Thank you thank you! Kelli
Kylie, I just love your tutorials! Love your new little elephant guy that pops up :) Get on with your bad self! :)
K! You rock!
Thank you for sharing your tutorials on prophotogs.com!
You're such a giving person!!
We're lucky to have you!
Cher
Thanks Kylie - I'm new to the channel mixer and this was really helpful.
Just found this blog and it rocks! Thanks for taking the time to share your ps knowledge and talents!
I would love to view your tutorials, but I can't. I have dial-up so I can't watch videos, and even if I could watch them my speakers are broken so I can't hear them. I would love to view your tutorials and I will when I have a chance to get on a friends computer. Thanks for the actions.
Thank you so much for the tutorial and the actions. I've tried using the channel mixer before but had the specifics all wrong. Can't wait to try this method! Thank you for your generosity!
Kylie,
Your tutorials are great, so easy to understand. Thanks for taking the time to teach!
Rene
Thanks for making this so easy to understand!
Rene
Hey Kylie,
What a great tutorial. It was fun to hear your voice. I've never used the channel mixer for B&W conversions before so thanks for the new trick. You are the best. :)
Tara
I love your tutorials. I am so new to photoshop, and you make everything so simple and easy to understand and duplicate. I feel like I might have a chance to do some of the things that I have learned on your blog. Thank you so much.
Great tutorial...easy to follow.
yay! Now I am one of the smart people too and know what channels are for! Thanks so much for this tutorial! I love your new format, so much quicker, and love your little elephant "shout outs". Thanks Again!
Shannon T
I just found your blog last week and I am loving it!! Thank you for this great tutorial and the action! You are awesome!!!!
Stacie
Thanks so much! This was very helpful as I haven't used the channel mixer in the past. Thanks also for the actions...extremely generous! I love your tutorials...so easy to follow:)
Awesome thank you so much for taking the time to teach us the basics! All things we as professionals should know!
Thank you so much! Now I can stop relying on others' actions and maybe make a few of my own. :)
Hey Kylie! You are so great for sharing your wisdom on your great tutorials. You make my day every Friday. I was having such a crappy day today but as soon as I logged on this evening and saw that the freebie was up and watched your tut, I was in such a better mood. Its people like you that make the world a better and kinder place;) O...and the action rocks because that is how ya roll:) hehe
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Tasha
SO awesome that you take the time to do these. i have learned so much from you. thanks a million!
sam
i LOVE your tut's. i have learned so much from you. thanks a million!
sam
First time to your site. Great tutorial and thanks for the BW action.
-Chris
Thank you so much Kylie! I've always wondered how the channel mixed worked! This just totally opened up a whole new black and white world for me! Thank you!!!
Loved the "phaunt thoughts" that popped in during the tutorial. Definitely makes you remember the key points. The software your using is great as well. I like the zooming in and out. It's much easier to see the details of what your doing when you zoom in on it.
Thanks again for taking the time to share! I appreciate knowing more about the channel mixer.
Gracias por las acciones, en realidad son buenisimas, todos los videos-tutoriales los bajo a mi pc para tenerlo guardados, Just in case.//////
Thanks for all the actions and tutorial they are really cool, I alwasy donwload the videos to my pc to have them.... just in case..........
Jeannette Chirinos Gold
www.flickr.com/photos/lagatik
As always, much appreciated! I still need to watch the video, but I always do.
You ROCK Kylie!!!!!!! Thank you sooo much!!!!!
Starting to make sense - thank you
CJx
Once again, you rock!! You should really make your own fonts so that you could call them Phaunt Fonts. OK I'm a nerd, but I would so buy them just for the sake of the name... hahaha. Anywho, your awesome. Keep on doing your thing, I love it!
Michelle
Kylie,
I learn so much from your tutorial's. I've been using PS for over a year now and never played with the channels mixer - until now - you opened up a whole new world for me!
Wow! Thanks. I can't wait to try these!
Great tutorial!
Thanks so much for the tutorial!
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I have never seen anyway convert like this. Is there anyway you can post the directions. Otherwise I will have to watch the video several more times.
sadness, i tried commenting last night, but the computer would have none of it.
Thanks for the FULL SCREEN tutorial! It was awesome and way easier to see. I love the friendly reminder elephant and I can't believe you can see if we don't watch and take the freebies--it's like you're a spy!
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for such a wonderful and easy to understand tutorial. I found this thru props and plan to look at the rest of your stuff.
maureen
Your explanation was PERFECT!!! Thank you so much for all of your help! You are so kind to do this!!
Thank you for the excellent tutorial and action!
It was so fun to use both on this photo.
Great tutorial! I love the little elephant that pops up with reminders!
Love how at the end you say "thanks again" to us - are you serious? You're the one who ROCKS and needs to be thanked...over and over and over again!! Love the new software, love the full screen, and LOVE the cute "elephaunt" with the funny thoughts. Thanks for another great tutorial.
Once again thank you for all of your "photoshop guru-ness" :)
Woo hoo, just what I was looking for, the tut was great(had no clue about channel mixer and what it did, but now I do, thanks to you). Can't wait to try playing with some shots. Thanks so much Kylie, you rock!!
Thanks for the great tutorial!
You are the queen of tutorials!!! Always so easy to follow along with. And I love the little elephant comments!! Thank you Kylie!
I just recently found your blog and WOW! what a find! Thanks so much for sharing what you know and all of the awesome actions!
I was using the saturation to convert to bw. Thanks so much for the great tutorial!!!
Thank you very much for the tutorials. I am a visual learner, so these really help.
cool, thanks so much. I also had no idea about the channels conversion...I usually do my conversions in lightroom but love the manipulation you get in channels conversions...thanks for sharing!
I've only discovered your blog and thank you so much for your tutorials! I'm totally a visual & oral learner :-)
Kylie- I have just recetly discovered your site - Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This tutorial brought a whole new perspective to B&W for me!
Thanks Kylie - you're the best! Your tutorials are basic and easier for me to use immediately - I REALLY appreciate it!! Thank you!
Kylie, I just ran across your site and I must say, you are awesome, girl!! Great tutorials and I'm off to buy some of your actions.
Thanks for the great info!!
Janie
Thank you so much for the tutorial. You make it so much easier to learn the tricks and basics of Photoshop.
You're a great teacher! The channel mixer actually makes sense to me now. Thank you for this awesome tutorial.
Now if the gradient map just made sense to me...
You always have great tutorials! Thanks for taking the time to put these together!
I already knew this one, but it's fabulous for anybody who doesn't have CS3 (CS3 has a "black and white" adjustment layer to die for).
Is there any hope for that grunge borders tutorial?
Vasco
fiction.edge@sapo.pt
oh the things I am learning from your tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing......
Thanks for being so generous. Your video tutorial is awesome and so easy to follow and understand, but even better easy to implement! How about one on how to use flair and back lighting to create dynamic photos?
Peter
Oh man, I was sooooooooooooo scared of B&W conversions my almost 3 years of doing photography! I can't beleive how much this has changed things! Although I love actions, I'll like understanding what they do alot more. Thank you so much for that awesome tutorial. Wow.
I just recently found your blog (through Pink Ink) and I'm hooked. I really enjoy reading your blog and tutorials. Thanks so much!!
Kristy
kpreece@hughes.net
Thanks again Kylie. Your new software for making the tutorials rocks. I love how you have included the little pop-up elephant with the tips. Thanks again for de-mystifying the B&W conversions!
I'm not a Marine's wife.
I don't have a daughter or sister named Katie or Kylie.
We've never known eachother or spoken to each other on a forum or messageboard.
But I do love these actions. A tip for digging deeper on the B/W actions subject. I love duotones and chocolates (I never like people who don't love chocolates)
A b/w mixed with some candy would be cool... Like strawberry B/W, A vanilla b/w, And of ofcourse a choco b/w etc.
Got to go... I'm kinda hungry now.
Emily Stanton
kittendoll@gmail.com
Now I'm almost one of those "smart" photoshop users! Thanks! I'm going to practice with these... You definitely have the gift of teaching.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. From someone that is teaching themselves Photoshop - I was one of those people that steered clear of channels as they were for the "smart people" that knew what they were doing. Now I am one of those smart people and it is all thanks to you. I love knowing how to do this from scratch now - thanks so much. I love actually knowing what to do with an action and why instead of just tweaking blindly to find what looks right. I simply can't thank you enough.
Gayle : )
My world is a much calmer place thanks to you Kylie! B&W and I never have been friends, its always been a love/hate relationship - I LOVE B&W but I can never get it right, so I hate doing it. NOW, I think I can feel the love/love.....all thanks to you Kylie. You are my savior :)
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Thanks - really clear explanations!
Thanks so much...I've had my tried & true b&w but it nice to go back to the beginning & start over for something fresh.
Thanks bunches!!
I think you have a great voice for tutorials--easy to understand and very clear. Your teaching style is very thorough and made me feel like my questions were all answered!
Thank you for your generosity!
IU've been playing with b&w conversions a lot recently, and had not yet given channel mixer a try. Thanks for the rundown on the basics! Can't wait to play...
Thanks so much. I learn alot from your tutorials. Love 'em!!!
-Camille
Thank You so much! I have seen so many different ways to make B&Ws on ILP and different actions offered.... I'm so thankful to finally understand this way instead!
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