ACR Monochrome profile

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October 21, 2022
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The ACR profile Adobe Monochrome (profile dropdown menu) isn't giving me neutral black & white from a color .DNG image i.e. equal RGB values.

I checked the B&W Mixer and Clor Gradients to make sure all are 0 & no saturation.

Now here is the really confusing part - sometimes it does provide a neutral RGB /Black & white image. I don't know why it does sometimes and doesn't at other times?

I know there are other presets in ACR like Portraits B&W and Style B&W

Any ideas. What am I missing ?

Thanks

(apologies if this post appears more than once. I am not seeing it after hitting the post button)

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Jao vdL

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There are several other places that can introduce color to a black and white converted image. You could have some masks applied with a color defined. You might also have separate R,G,B tone curves. The B&W mixer won't cause this but the color grading panel definitely can.

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frankg_photosAuthor

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WQhich Masks? Like when using a brush or other selection tool ? Isn't that just black/white and shows as a red overlay. How do I check on this?

Separate RGB tone curves? Do you mean a separate curve for each channel? I never use these & only use the point curve or parametric curve where all 3 are adjusted the same

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Jao vdL

Community Expert

ACR has extensive masking options (they used to be called brushes indeed) from AI based masks to brushed masks. You can use these masks to locally apply edits including colored overlays and much more all in the ACR stage. It is possible that you activated one by using a preset.

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