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Mayckon D S Lara
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October 21, 2019
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Gray Scale

  • October 21, 2019
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Hello everybody!

I would like to know how to apply the gray scale effect in images in indesign. I didn't find any resource to do this. Always I want to do it I necessarily have to open the Illustrator and make it through it to send to Indesign.

Someone knows if Indesign has this tool? 

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    Correct answer John Mensinger

    Well, strictly speaking, "grayscale" isn't an "effect," it's a color space. And no, InDesign has no feature for converting an image to the grayscale color space. Photoshop is the correct tool for that.

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    October 21, 2019

    There are multiple avenues in Photoshop. Here are a few Photoshop resources, but I recommend asking on the Photoshop forum. https://community.adobe.com/t5/Photoshop/bd-p/photoshop

    ~Barb

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    October 21, 2019

    I agree with handling this in Photoshop, but there is a plug-in that you can try for InDesign. If you like it, you can purchase it for about US$ 60.

    https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/indesign-downloads/color2gray/

     

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      John Mensinger
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      John MensingerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      October 21, 2019

      Well, strictly speaking, "grayscale" isn't an "effect," it's a color space. And no, InDesign has no feature for converting an image to the grayscale color space. Photoshop is the correct tool for that.

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      Mayckon D S LaraAuthor
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      October 21, 2019

      First of All, Sorry for being repetitive and thanks so much in advance, but I really need some help.
      I'm doing a job for a black and white newspaper. How do I change the image to black and white? I need to send it to print and it must be black and white. How can I do it? They use CMYK. As I see, its not possible on the INDESIGN, but I couldnt find the way in PHOTOSHOP.

      John Mensinger
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      John MensingerCommunity Expert
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      October 21, 2019

      There are more artful techniques for desaturating an image than simply converting, but to simply convert: with the image open in Photoshop, choose Image > Mode > Grayscale.

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