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Abhi Hackett
Abhi Hackett
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March 29, 2019
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Help | how to create consistent gray scale photos ??

  • March 29, 2019
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Please help me with this, I frequently get request to create people's photographs to convert them into gray scale for our websites  and all has to be consistent, but the problem is, All source files that I received are  contains different native properties means- resolutions, size, colors and lighting, please help me how can I edit them in Photoshop with  perfection... so that they all look consistent.

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Norman Sanders
Norman Sanders
Legend
April 1, 2019

   1. Color image.

   2. OP conversion changed to neutral black

   3. Conversion from color and adjusted.

The objective of obtaining a similar contrast and range.

Woman:   Used Image > Apply image to color image, yellow channel (because it. had the most modeling) set to normal. Followed up with adjustment in Curves.

Man:  Image > Adjustments > Black & White and a Curves adjustment to tone down contrast. I would prefer greater contrast but compromised to approach. the contrast of the Woman image flesh tone.

If this is a sample of the variety of images, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to matching the contrast and range of the images.  In the images above, they both could benefit from a contrast boost at the expense of the Woman image.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2019

When talking about image editing it is often helpful to actually show (a sample of) the images in question.

Abhi Hackett
Abhi HackettAuthor
Participant
April 1, 2019

Thank you so much for your reply, i will share images here thanks.  I am uploading two images, one with very low resolution and some background, and another one with good resolution. i am attaching both raw and finish photo, thanks.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2019

Thanks.

How did you do the B&W?

Please post screenshots of the layered files with the Layers Panel visible.

If you compare the two images’ histograms you should notice that the image of the woman seems to have been clipped considerably.

That may contribute to her face to appearing flatter.

I think in both cases the resolution should not be a problem.

As for the different lighting (main light source left and right respectively) it does not seem a realistic goal to unitise that with Photoshop as of today.

Norman Sanders
Norman Sanders
Legend
March 29, 2019

While Image > Adjustments > Black & White, consistent end-points and Curves may be helpful, sad to say that because of a variety of lighting conditions, you are severely limited. It is simply a case of GIGO. Deal with size/res first. Then move on to the three items mentioned, in the order listed. Finish with Sharpening. Good luck

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EDIT:  I neglected to mention that it would be helpful if you keep one reference image up on the monitor as you edit each of the others.

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