In this tutorial you'll learn many different ways to convert your color
photos to black and white. You'll also learn how to add other effects to your
photos to make them look aged or even add a nice color hue. Before we get
started, if you're watching this video on YouTube you'll find a link in the
description below that will take you to our tutorial page on the Discovery
Center. Here you can download a written copy of this tutorial to follow along.
Let's get started. We're first going to try some of the
more basic ways to add a black and white effect. So I have my image opened up in
PaintShop Pro and I've made sure that the Edit tab is selected. Now click on
View at the top then Palettes and then select Instant Effects.
From here we can click on the drop down menu from the Instant Effects palette
and select the black-and-white category. First I'm going to adjust the margin of
the palette by clicking on the edge and dragging it to the left so that the
preview image is larger and I can test out different effects. Now you can click
once on any effect in the category and see how it will change the way the image
looks in the preview pane. I like the look of the B/W Blue Filter 1 so I'm
going to double-click that to add the effect to my image. We can also try out
some other categories from the palette. I'm going to click on the Film Styles
category from the drop down menu. Now first I'm going to click Undo to remove
my last effect to try some of these new ones and again we can click once on a
few of these options to preview in the preview pane. I really like the Platinum
effect so I'm going to double-click on that. Another thing to note is that you
can apply multiple effects to the same image. So now that I've chosen the
Platinum effect I want to try a few other options out. I'm going to click on
the Retro category and try a few of these.
I like this retro effect so I'll double-click on that to add the effect on top
of the Platinum one that I added earlier. And now I've given my image a whole new
feel and style with just a few clicks. Now I'm going to show another technique
to convert your images to black and white. So I have another image opened up
in PaintShop Pro and this time we're going to use the Adjust menu to remove color.
click on Adjust at the top then go to Hue and Saturation then select
Colorize.
Now we can set the saturation level to zero
and you can see we've now removed all the color from our image. Another fun
thing to try is to set your saturation to a low level like 20 then play around
with the hue setting level to get a slight color cast on your black and
white image. I'm going to cancel this so I can show you another option from the
Adjust menu that gives you more customization options. Go back to Hue and
Saturation and this time click on Hue / Saturation / Lightness. You can adjust the
saturation level all the way down to convert to black and white. From here we
can also adjust the lightness level of the image to make it lighter or darker.
If we move the saturation level up a bit we can also adjust the hue slider to add
a bit of color cast to our image. And now at the top you can unclick the preview
image icon to toggle back and forth between your new image and your old
image to see the difference in your image with the added effects. We can also
create black and white effects by going to the Effects tab at the top then click
on Black-and-white Film. The photo will automatically convert to black and white.
You can click on this arrow icon to open up the before and after preview panes. We
can also play around with the settings by selecting one of the preset options
from the drop down menu at the right,
and we can also adjust the hue level by playing with the color wheel. We can even
adjust the brightness level.
There are other photo effects you can try out like Time Machine. Here you can
try out a number of different presets to make your photo look aged just like it's
one from yesteryear. You can also adjust the intensity of each effect by
adjusting the level and what's great is you have the before and after preview
windows side by side.
Finally, there are several black-and-white scripts available in the
Discovery Center store that will mimic black and white photography styles.
Scripts are very easy to use. Just select the one you want and run it and it will
instantly transform your photo. First you need to turn on the Script toolbar by
going to View > Toolbars > Script. Now I'll click on the drop-down menu and
select All under category and you can see there are many scripts to choose
from. I'm going to try Low Key Black and White then press the play button to run the
script. And you'll see just like that it transforms the entire image. Now I'm
going to click undo to show you another example. This time I'll try the High Key
Black and White script and again I'll press the play button to run the script.
So as you can see there are many different ways you can convert your
images to black and white using PaintShop Pro, with so many
customizations to add your own artistic spin on them. If you're watching this
video on YouTube, you'll find a link in the description below
that will take you to our tutorial page on the Discovery Center. Here you can
download a written copy of this tutorial to follow along and find other helpful
tutorials for PaintShop Pro.