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You will convert this cityscape image to grayscale.
3 Choose File > Save As; the Save As dialog box appears. Navigate to the ps10lessons folder. In the File
name text field, type ps1003_work and select Photoshop from the Format drop-down menu. Click
Save.
4 Click the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer button ( ) at the bottom of the Layers panel and select
Black & White. The Black and White settings become active in the Properties panel.
This window may appear very confusing at first. Without some assistance, it would be difficult to de-
cipher which color adjustments are going to affect the image and where. Fortunately, Adobe has created
some helpful features to make a better conversion easier for users.
5 Click the pointing Finger icon ( ) in the Properties panel to make that option active.
6 Click and hold the sky in the image; a pointing finger with a double arrow ( ) appears. The color that
would make changes to that part of the image (the sky) is affected.
7 Continue pressing and holding on the sky image and drag to the right; notice that you automatically
lightened the blues in the sky. Click and drag to the left to make the conversion darker.
Click and drag in the sky area to automatically adjust the color.
8 Now, click the darker streaming car lights in the image; the Reds are highlighted. Click and drag to the
right to lighten them. You can just make visual adjustments for this image, but if you want to maintain
certain values, open the Window > Info panel.
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