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January 25, 2017

How to make a photo black and white in 30 seconds

I haven’t posted a Photoshop tutorial in a while so I thought it was time I changed that! I’m in the process of attempting to organize years’ worth of photos stored on my computer and have them printed into Photobooks. It’s a mammoth task (as you’re probably aware, photos seem to multiply on your hard-drive and it usually ends up being a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’).

One of the things I was experimenting with was making a photo black and white using Photoshop. I figured out a way to do it in 30 seconds and thought you might find it helpful! I’m thinking a scenic landscape photo printed onto canvas would look great in black and white 🙂

how to make a photo black and white in 30 seconds in photoshop step by step tutorial video

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How to make a photo black and white in 30 seconds

  1. Locate the file on your computer
  2. Drag and drop the file into Photoshop
  3. Go to the image menu at the top of Photoshop
  4. Choose image > adjustments > black and white
  5. Adjust the color levels as desired (I usually just leave it at the default settings)
  6. Re-save the image with a new file name by going to File > Save As
  7. That’s it!

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