petteri's black and white methods updated

[Andy]

petteri sulonen has added a nice film grain technique to his

most excellent digital b&w workflow (http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/How_to/n_Digital_BW/a_Digital_Black_and_White.html)

take a gander.

[Michiel de Brieder]

I always find Petteris essays and tutes very gooed reading material, thanks for the heads-up Andy!!! :clap :clap

[Mongrel]

The guy really has style and class imho. Thanks for the heads up, Andy.

I think it would be a blast to have him over here.

[mercphoto]

petteri sulonen has added a nice film grain technique to his

most excellent digital b&w workflow (http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/How_to/n_Digital_BW/a_Digital_Black_and_White.html)

take a gander.

Nice! And timely, for me. I started playing around with some kart photos. Duplicate the background twice as new layers. Convert first layer to black and white (I just took hue and saturation sliders to full-left, now I can read about better ways). The took second layer, used magic lasso to grab just the kart, and made a reveal layer. Color racing kart on a black and white background.

Since we're on Photoshop shenanigans, when I grab a selection, and then make a reveal mask layer on that selection, is there any way to make the edges of the selection a gradient? So that the layer beneath blends somewhat into the layer on top, rather than a harsh reveal edge?

[cletus]

Nice! And timely, for me. I started playing around with some kart photos. Duplicate the background twice as new layers. Convert first layer to black and white (I just took hue and saturation sliders to full-left, now I can read about better ways). The took second layer, used magic lasso to grab just the kart, and made a reveal layer. Color racing kart on a black and white background.

Since we're on Photoshop shenanigans, when I grab a selection, and then make a reveal mask layer on that selection, is there any way to make the edges of the selection a gradient? So that the layer beneath blends somewhat into the layer on top, rather than a harsh reveal edge?
Yep!

Several ways actually. Select > Feather might work for you. You can also press Q to get into quick mask mode and then run the gaussian blur filter to blur the edges of your selection, then press Q again to leave quick mask mode.

You may find that you need to expand your selection before blurring the edges. You can do that with Select > Modify > Expand.