scoleman123 opened this issue on Apr 30, 2007 · 10 posts
karosnikov posted Sun, 06 May 2007 at 11:04 AM
Duplicate history state (tiny icon button 3rd from the left, (next to camera and the bin) in history palette. compare the two documents side by side after the techniques
image > mode > lab,
show channels palette ... click the "Lightness" channel, edit select all. copy.
image > mode > rgb
paste, select pasted layer
show layers palette - change opacity 75%
select background (colorful) layer
image > adjust > gradient map. use the black to white gradient.
some images may need the mid point moved or a dark shade of grey shadow tones or an off-white highlights but at lower opacities, the gradient map fills in some tonal range unchanged