From the course: Photoshop: Advanced Adjustment Layer and Blend Modes

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Using a lookup table to refine the black-and-white effect

Using a lookup table to refine the black-and-white effect - Photoshop Tutorial

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Using a lookup table to refine the black-and-white effect

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- If you want to get better results with black and white images I suggest turning to lookup tables. Lookup tables are an excellent way to simulate traditional black and white film stocks. Now in this case I'm gonna show you how to simply use a lookup table, but later on in the course we'll explore how to create them from scratch. One other way of working with an image is to take advantage of a lookup table to reassign the black and white photo. And that's some of what's been done here. Typically what I like to do is really finish an image. So a Curves adjustment to get the tonal balance right, followed by a little bit of a Hue Saturation adjustment. And that one is actually gonna come in later as a spot change. It's very subtle. And then we have the ability here to finish that off with the black and white adjustment. So let me show you what that looks like. Now this black and white adjustment is a Color Lookup table, which essentially reassigns the value of the film stock. It tells…

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