Welcome to this video on Black and White Techniques in Corel PaintShop Pro.
I will show you some simple ways to convert your color photos to black and white
as well as how you can make some minor edits to enhance the subject matter for greater impact.
Let's go over some of the simplest techniques first.
Open your image in PaintShop Pro and launch the Edit workspace.
In this first example,
I can convert an image to black and white simply by removing the color.
to do this go to Adjust, Hue and Saturation, Colorize,
and then reduce to saturation to zero.
with preview on image checked,
you'll be able to see the change take place on the photo below this window.
The same technique can be applied by going to Adjust, Hue and Saturation,
Hue Saturation Lightness,
and reducing saturation to zero.
However, here you also have the option to change the brightness of the image.
In this next example, I'll convert an image to black and white
By using some of the selections in the Instant Effects Collection.
From the View menu, select Palattes, and then Instant Effects.
Next, scroll down to the section 'Black and White'.
As you can see from the thumbnail examples,
their various different black and white a fact that can be used.
For example, the Red Filter 1 will do a very light conversion of this image,
and show the red areas in light grey, almost white.
If I undo this, and select the Heavy filter,
you can see how this a fact shows a much darker and vibrant result.
Clarify High is somewhere in between these two
but provides more contrast then you would get by simply reducing saturation.
Another option in the Instant effects is the Film Style section.
These filters mimic how images may have looked
had even taken using various types of photographic technologies
including cameras that use black and white film.
In this last example, let's look at how we can bring greater attention to the subject matter
with some easy yet powerful adjustments.
I will first convert this image to black and white by going to effects,
photo effects, and then selecting the black and white film effects.
you can adjust the Brightness and Clarify settings until they look right to you.
Duplicate this layer by going to the Layers, and selecting Duplicate.
And then, change the blend mode of this layer to Soft Light.
And reduce the opacity.
in this example, I'll reduce the opacity to 18 percent.
This adds depth and contrast.
Next, duplicate the bottom image again, and drag it to the top of the layers palette.
Change the blend mode of this layer to Screen.
You will notice that everything appears light and overexposed,
so simply use the eraser on the layer over the subject
until the right amount of your desired subject shines through.
You will have a greater control as you erase
if you give it a soft edge, and reduce the opacity to forty to fifty percent.
Once completed, you can see how the lighter areas around the subject
make it stand out much more.
If you want to take a step further and really highlight your subject,
create a white vignette around the borders.
To do this, create a new layer by selecting New Raster Layer from Layers menu.
From the Tools, select the Paintbrush and set the color to white in the materials palette.
Next, you can increase or decrease the brush size,
so that it'll cover a large portion of the background.
You can reduce the opacity of the brush in the Tool Options Palette at the top of the screen.
As you can see, adding this white haze to the edges of the image
makes the subject stand out even more.
When the project is complete, it is important to save a version as a PaintShop Pro Image file.
This way, your layers will remain intact.
From the File menu, click 'Save As...' and select PSP Image as the file type.
Next, I'll save a version that can be printed or shared online
by going to file, 'Save As...', and selecting JPEG.
When saving a multi layer project as a JPEG file,
you'll get a warning message, and this is because JPEGs can only contain a single layer.
So click Yes to this message to continue.
Thank you for watching this video on Black and White Effects in Corel PaintShop Pro.