Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Saturation slider all the way to the left or type
-100
into the Saturation box. The advant-
age of this method is that, if you don't care for the shade of gray you get, you can desat-
urate each color channel separately by using the dialog box's drop-down menu.
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If you're planning to print your newly black-and-white photo, the paper you use can make
a
big
difference in the results. If you don't like the gray tones you get with your usual pa-
per, try a different weight or brand. You'll need to experiment, because the inks for vari-
ous printer models interact differently with various brands of paper. And if you plan on
printing lots of black-and-white photos, you may want to look into buying a photo printer
that lets you substitute several shades of gray ink for your color cartridges.
Creating Spot Color
Removing
almost
all the color from a photo but leaving one or two objects in vivid
tones—called
spot color
—is an effective artistic device that's long been popular in the print
industry. (In the commercial printing business, the term “spot color” means something
else—it refers to the use of special inks for a particular color in a multicolor image.)
Fig-
ure 10-3
shows an example.
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Check your camera's special effects settings for a spot or accent color option. Many cam-
eras can create black-and-white images with only one shade left in color.
