Gradient black and white tutorial

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Hello every one.

So over the past couple of weeks I've been spending a lot of time working on my new wep page/blog.

I decided to write my first ever tutorial which I've put onto my page.
It covers creating black and white photos using high pass filters and gradient layers, Plus a brief decsription on non-destructive dodging and burning. I'm currently writting another tutorial on this.

Any ways if any one is intrested in the technique or would be kind enough to read over the tutorial and let me know what you think
is it written well
easy to understand
easy to follow
etc
that would be greatly apprecieated.
Im a bit constricted on how i can lay the page out, so its stuck in one long post at the moment. And like i say its my first go so dont expect any thing to amazing.

any ways let me know what you think.
cheers
Dan

Oh spose it would help if i gave you a link www.danielporrett.co.uk
its under the Posts section.
 
I'm definitely going to read this. Not just yet though, my tea's almost ready :D

I've seen a few photos with strong contrast, whether its in portraits as your example is or in other photography styles I do like it and I know from the few B&W I've done, they seem a little washed out for want of a better description. thanks for posting :cool:
 
Yeah that's a very nice tutorial, I think. One thing I might suggest is that you give a comparison to a standard greyscale/PS B&W conversion so that the reader can really understand why they're wanting to use this method in comparison to something quicker and easier.
 
A.N.Other said:
Yeah that's a very nice tutorial, I think. One thing I might suggest is that you give a comparison to a standard greyscale/PS B&W conversion so that the reader can really understand why they're wanting to use this method in comparison to something quicker and easier.
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+1

I'm gonna give this tutorial a go tomorrow, looks quite interesting!
 
thanks for your comments guys, glad to see it being put to good use.
Trick did you find it easy to understand/follow? was there any thing missing or any thing that could have been explained better?

One thing I might suggest is that you give a comparison to a standard greyscale/PS B&W conversion
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yeah thats a good idea, i could write something on the end of the tutorial about that.

thanks again, If any one else has tried the tutorial let me know how you get on.
 
I've had a quick go, it's a nice technique that I will definitely be using again. I found your guide nice and easy to follow, cheers!

 
Dan, the guide was good, easy to read and logical to follow. The inclusion of pictures with each step was nice. I understand that you're using CS3 - one point to note is that Step 9 does not quite tally with CS4 as there are no pointers to slide below the "black and white" preset - I had to skip that bit. The rest was fine.
 
Trick said:
Dan, the guide was good, easy to read and logical to follow. The inclusion of pictures with each step was nice. I understand that you're using CS3 - one point to note is that Step 9 does not quite tally with CS4 as there are no pointers to slide below the "black and white" preset - I had to skip that bit. The rest was fine.
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I assumed it was the three markers beneath the gradient bar?
 
I understand that you're using CS3 - one point to note is that Step 9 does not quite tally with CS4 as there are no pointers to slide below the "black and white" preset - I had to skip that bit. The rest was fine.
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Thats strange?
Are you sure you clicked on the gradient bar in the gardient map dialog box? When you do this it will open the gradient editor dialog box.

like this
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Bizzare, it's there now! I GUARANTEE it wasn't there last night as I checked on all three images I did! I must be going insane....

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The bottom half of the box was completely blank. How odd.
 
Thanks will give it a go when i manage to take a shot. looks great though had a quick skim through will show my results when im done:)
 
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