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Old 11-10-2006, 10:00   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Mono conversion in PS

OK, hopefully this method is much simpler.

With colour shot open I went to the "Channels" view (tab under layers on PS)
- I then clicked through the Red, Green & Blue channels to see the Mono views
- Red was too light, Blue too dark with Green being near spot on
- Clicked back to RGB channel. We are now back to where we started when opening the shot. All the steps above were a quick way to see which Channel mix is right.

Step 1) Image -> Adjustments -> Channel Mixer -> Green 100% & click monochrome box
Step 2) Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp mask at 100%, 1.0, 0

Gives this shot :-



As the shot was already grainy I don't think it detracts too much from shot....but just in case, here is one run through a noiseware plugin, with a vignette added also



Hope this helps
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