Unleashed Edit: Noodle's Black and White Edit

What you'll learn

Lightroom

• The one method you definitely shouldn’t use to convert a colour image to a greyscale image
• How to properly convert an image to greyscale, while retaining important colour information
• The important of Color Profiles for black and white images
• Which global adjustments you need to apply when editing for tone, not color
• When certain adjustments should be applied locally, not globaly
• The importance of contrast in black and white images
• Everything you need to know about the Black and White Mix panel
• Why using the colour data in a RAW file is still integral to creating an awesome black and white edit
• Adding drama through masking in Lightroom
• Why a temporary crop can be helpful to craft your edit
• How to use the Radial Gradient to darken the edges without overlapping the effect and making the corners too dark
• How to use the Brush in a cumulative way to build up effects
• Which sliders are best for accentuating the subject

Photoshop

• Why you might want to refrain from making the image completely “clean” when tidying up
• Using selective lightening as a storytelling method
• Using a gradient map to add a “film” look to improve the scene
• Adding sharpness and definition to the subject
• How to make the burn tool non-destructive
• Subtly adding toning to finished black and white image back in Lightroom