Lightroom and Photoshop: Black and White Photography

Learn how to transform color images into black and white photographs using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.

Introduction

• Create world-class black-and-white images with Lightroom and Photoshop
• Why black and white?

1. Black and White Considerations

• Thinking in black and white
• Shooting with black and white in mind
• Getting the most out of the camera you have with you
• Choosing black and white or color

2. Choosing the Right Lightroom

• Which Lightroom is best for you?

3. Black and White: First Steps in Lightroom

• Getting started
• Preparing a color image for black and white
• The power of creative profiles
• Black-and-white mixing and adding tone
• Fine-tuning your image
• Finish work using tools
• Utilizing presets effectively
• HDR for black and white
• Panorama
• Lightroom black-and-white workflow
• Lightroom workflows for black and white

4. Black and White in Photoshop

• Camera RAW and Smart Filters
• Smart Filter
• Making selective edits
• Taking advantage of adjustment layers
• Layer masks
• Adjusting the toning of your image
• Removing noise, adding grain, and sharpening
• Photoshop black-and-white workflow
• Transferring photos from Lightroom to Photoshop

5. Black and White: Beyond the Desktop

• Lightroom for Mobile black and white

6. Beyond Black and White in Photoshop

• Working with the Silver Efex plugin for Photoshop
• Creating frames for black-and-white images
• Converting color video to black and white

7. End-to-End Workflow

• Putting it all together in a single image

8. Modern sharing

• Sharing and collaboration
• Portfolio
• Spark

Conclusion

• Next steps