Quote Originally Posted by rlriii13


Thanks Bryan and Keith, I think I actually like your total B&W betterthan the sepia added versions.But can you tell me what you did to get either of these? I'm trying to learn some newskills here. I can't bum off my forum friends forever. [img]/emoticons/emotion-2.gif[/img]



Well it wasn't as simple as going in to a contrast setting. I copied the layer then using the B&W conversion I picked a filter that had more contrast and tweaked it a little. Then I copied the OG layer again and converted it to B&W again but using the Max Black filter. I used the first converted layer as the main layer, then the Max Black layer I used as an overlay and masked it out and then in a Burn type fashion, with a very low flow brush gently painted (on the layer mask) in shadows and details in the hat.


I also did another layer that I adjusted curves, focusing on lightening the midtones. I then masked it out and then painted in spots to smooth out the skin and dark areas under the eyes.