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April 9, 2018
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HSL/Color/B&W panel in Lightroom Classic CC

  • April 9, 2018
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Why has the B&W option gone from HSL/Color/B&W panel in the Develop module?

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    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    April 9, 2018

    B&W only shows if you have toggled Black & White in the Basic section.

    Seems Adobe thought it inconsistent to include B&W on that panel if you were using color and the HSL/Color sections if you were switching to Black & White.

    Community Expert
    April 9, 2018

    "inconsistent to include B&W on that panel if you were using color and the HSL/Color sections if you were switching to Black & White"

    I for one, prefer to do my B&W conversions using HSL (setting 0 saturation for all the sliders with a preset). That has the advantage of leaving all the colour controls still active... rather than disabling some of them.

    For example, changing Vibrance or the Hue and Saturation sliders can more or less subtly affect the INPUT which my B&W conversion, principally as to differentiation for the Luminance sliders, is then "filtering" its mono tones FROM.

    Ought I to worry - might I be "inconsistent"? (grin)

    Participating Frequently
    April 9, 2018

    Thanks everyone for you advice and help, much appreciated!!

    dj_paige
    Legend
    April 9, 2018

    Show us a screen capture.

    Please state the exact version NUMBER of your Lightroom. (We need the NUMBER and not words like "latest")

    Please state the exact version NUMBER of your operating system.

    Rob_Sylvan
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 9, 2018

    As of 7.3, you'll only see HSL/Color when a color profile is applied to the active photo, and if you apply a B&W profile, the HSL/Color panel changes to B&W only.

    Participating Frequently
    April 9, 2018

    Thanks Rob. So this is something really new.