Chapter 21— Filter Menu |Black and White Conversion 215
To use the Black and White Conversion tool, follow these steps:
The Black and White Conversion tool provides you with the following controls:
Filter Hue
The Filter Hue slider enables you to choose the hue of the filter that is used to convert the image from
color to black and white. Objects that are the color of the selected hue will become lighter while objects
that are the opposite, or complementary color, of the hue selected will become darker.
Color Filter Strength
Use the Color Filter Strengt h slider to control the intensity of the filter used in the black and white
conversion. The higher the strength set in this slider, the more different objects of the color selected by the
Filter Hue slider and objects that are the opposite of the color selected by the Filter Hu e slider will be.
Brightness
The Brightness slider controls the overall luminosity of the image. Move this slider to the left to darken the
entire image or move this slider to the right to brighten the entire image.
1Navigate to the Filter menu and select Black and
White Conversion.
2Adjust the Filter Hue and Color Filter Strength
sliders to control the relationship of colors
throughout the image and provide greater
separation of tonal values.
3Adjust the Brightness and Contrast sliders in order
to create the desired tonality of the image.