Black & White conversion

[joey]

Could someone recommend black & conversion plugin for Photoshop?

Thanks!

[big pix]

use the RAW converter....... just slide the saturation slider all the way to the left........ and use the other sliders to ajust contrast, tone, and more

.......there are many ways to do this ......google is your friend

[jethro]

I use hue Saturation sliders and then play some more

[shakey]

I do an adjustment layer with the channel mixer. Tick the monochrome box, and then adjust RGB channels to get the look you want. Although there is a contrast slider in the channel mixer choice, I don't use it. I next do another adjustment layer with the Brightness/Contrast option to get the contrast I want.

As has been mentioned there are many ways to do B&W conversions. I think the channel mixer and separate contrast layers gives you more flexibility than the H/S option but just take a couple of photos and have a play.

[Reschsmooth]

Option x, convert to LAB mode, go to the channels (I think) and discard the "a" & "b" channels (I believe if you discard one, you automatically discard the other).