Camielle - B&W Conversion by bandred
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My favourite photographic activity used to be doing B&W prints. I sometimes get the urge to covert my Poser renders and thought I would see how Camielle would turn out :)
Method: Simply desaturating colour images and particularly this one won't generally give the best results. (be they renders or photographs) It's often preferable to use one of the individual RGB channels as the basis for a monochrome image. In this case the red channel was the only one that had any chance :) I think Photoshop will let you access the individual channels directly, but since I use Paintshop Pro, I had to use the option to split them out.
In order to add more interest to the 'B&W' image I did some extra post processing. In this case I layered the red channel on top of the basic colour render using the 'screen' option. I added some soft focus to the red channel layer and about 120% of unsharp mask to the base render layer. I then reduced the transparency of the base render layer until there was just enough colour bleeding through to produce a 'warm' image. I finshed off with a small amount of sharpening and contrast adjustment to the final image and added some monochromatic gaussian noise.
The products used for the initial render are listed with my original 'Camielle' image.
Thanks for taking the time to view and for any thoughts you might leave - Mike
Comments (12)
intrepid
Very nice work. Great job!
steerpike
As a PSP user myself; thanks for the hints on how you did this. You're right - the results are much better than with a simple desaturation. The only suggestion I'd make is a little more postwork round the noistrils to reduce the V3 nose effect; otherwise it's excellent.
chrysalide
excellent portrait with nice expression and hair. have a good day
Lorraine
oh wow...this is terrific and I really think it is generous of you to let us know your steps in processing this image....wow again
ericfarris
SIMPLY OUTSTANDING - WOW I LIKE IT - BIG BRAVO!!!!! EXCELLENT
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful and very realistic portrait...!!! A expressive face....!!! V
rjghise
Excellent - it looks just like a photo.
odf
Looks even better in this version. Excellent!
bandred
Olaf, I think 99% of the world's best images are monochromatic .... but then I'm biased and my formative years were the 50's and early 60's :)
lululee
Outstanding ART. Very beautiful image.
antje
WOW!! Fantastic!!!!!!!! :o)
UweMattern
Wow, i like this version even better than the original. Excellent postwork. I use Niks coloreffects for BW conversion, because it simulates any colorfilter used in reallife BW photographie with an simple slider... ~Uwe