Jpeg Saving??

[stephen]

Hi guys trying to do a B&W conversion of a few pics and my when i click file save or save as and i try to open the format choices box to click on jpeg it only opens with 3 options which are PSD,PSB or RAW.Does anyone know why this is??>
I have noticed that some of my Raw shots are titled DSC_ and some are _DSC can somebody please tell me the difference???. Thanks Stephen

[Alpha_7]

I have just recently asked about the file names. Here is the thread with all the answers.
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=12841

[leek]

Hi guys trying to do a B&W conversion of a few pics and my when i click file save or save as and i try to open the format choices box to click on jpeg it only opens with 3 options which are PSD,PSB or RAW.Does anyone know why this is??>

Stephen, You will need to convert to 8-bit mode before you can save as a JPG. Use the menu path: Image--> Mode --> 8-bit... Once you have done this, photoshop will present you with a whole lot more options for filetypes... Choose JPG and away you go...

[stephen]

Hi John i tried this but to no avail it only seems to block me out after i use the IMage-mode-lab, to split the channels and i delete the two bottom channels to get a nice B&W ??>i got this tip from the Hints and tips section??.Which way do you guys do a B&W conversion ??.Thanks Stephen

[leek]

You probably need to flatten the image before saving as JPG or something, but I've never used LAB so I'm not sure...

I usually do my B&W conversions using the Channel Mixer, clicking the monochrome box and then playing around with the Red, Green & Blue levels to get the desired contrast.... The easy way is to simply fully desaturate the image, but that doesn't give you any control over the colour mix.

[Killakoala]

You may need to convert back to RGB or Greyscale to save in JPEG. I would suggest sRGB for web viewing or aRGB for printing.

Matt. K posted a great way to create B&W in this thread
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php? ... t=absolute

[Sheila Smart]

I use the black and white plug in from Fred Miranda. Its quick and effective.

Cheers
Sheila

[stephen]

Killa, thanks for that ,Its Mattk way that im using but as soon as i do that it will not let me save it as a jpeg???.Has anyone else had this problem or maybe im doing something wrong?.
Just an update i was doing something wrong found out how to save it now YAhhhhhh