Comments on: A quick Lightroom tip for B/W Photographers

By: MoreThanWords

MoreThanWords — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:15:35 +0000

Thomas, thanks for your input. I have to say I hadn’t thought of that, because… I never tint my images in Nik. Not that I don’t like the way Nik tints images, I just rarely tint B&W images. There is one alternative, and that is not to tint in Nik but to tint in Lightroom using the Split Toning Panel. In that case, you can still use my tip. If you like Nik’s tinting better (or use Photoshop for tinting), then I guess my tip does not work and you’d have to work with keywords to keep track of B&W’s instead of the ‘Treatment’ criterium in Lightroom.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:58:10 +0000

Great Idea. BUT… what are you doing for images that are toned e.g. in sepia ? They will be changed by hitting V in Lightroom. Especially when you’re using NIK Silver Efex this is a common situation I think.

By: MoreThanWords

MoreThanWords — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:40:58 +0000

@ Sergio: if you imply that only analogue photographers can shoot B&W, please allow me to strongly disagree… If you want to put it that way, even an analogue black & white photograph is ‘only’ a conversion of the colour in real life, according to the way one particular B&W film translates the different colours and their spectral relations to shades of gray. Digital B&W does just the same, only afterwards, allowing you more options, control & flexibility.
Or, put differently: the ‘real thing’ you refer to, is in reality colour, not black & white

By: Sergio

Sergio — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:31:00 +0000

Um, a “BW Photographer” shoots the real thing not imitation color converted gray scale.

By: Jim C

Jim C — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:45:09 +0000

Thank you very much for this tip. I have a great use for this technique and appreciate you sharing your considerable knowledge. The use of the filtering was every bit as helpful as the ‘V’ solution!

I’ll be back to visit this site more often!

By: Lr+ps - Belgiumdigital forum - Digitale fotografie

Lr+ps - Belgiumdigital forum - Digitale fotografie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:39:34 +0000

[...] By the way, als je in Photoshop naar Zwartwit converteert en niet in LR zelf, moet je zeker deze tip uit m’n blog lezen… __________________ Time to put some light into your [...]

By: Michel Melsen

Michel Melsen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:59:35 +0000

thx for this usefull tip !

By: MoreThanWords

MoreThanWords — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:21:02 +0000

I stand corrected. I should learn my alphabet But I still think it’s a strange shortcut…

By: keith

keith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:22:50 +0000

‘ConVert to Grayscale