Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Three:
When you talk to photographers about great B&Ws, you'll always hear them talk about
high-contrast B&Ws, so you already know what you need to do—you need to add lots of
contrast. That basically means making the whites whiter and the blacks blacker. So, start
in the Basic panel. Normally, you'd adjust the Exposure slider to start things off, but in
this case, the image looks okay in the midtones (actually, the image is all midtones), so if
you wanted, you could drag a little to the left to darken it, but I'm just leaving it set as-
is. However, this flat-looking image needs lots of contrast, so let's drag the Contrast slider
way over to the right (here, I dragged to +53). That looks a little better, but we've got more
to do!
