NEW Black & White Editing HACK - Has anyone else tried this yet..?

In this Lightroom tutorial, I show you how to edit Black and White images with perfect contrast and no loss in detail using a new technique with impressive results.

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[Andyhutchinson]

One of the few Tubetographers actually coming up with some original edit techniques that I haven't seen six thousand times before. Most of the time it's "drop the highlights, boost the shadows". Nice one.

[Musiqfan]

Mark, you've just changed my entire black/white editing game. Thanks so much!!

[swisselle]

yes... the name of that preset is 100% accurate. I thought I would never nail the art of black&white editing. But with this... WOW. I guess I won't why away again if someone wants shots in b&w. Thanks so much for this!

[DynastyUK]

I've been doing this a while by just pissing around. Something to add to this, Alt click when saving a preset and save it as a Profile. That way you can adjust the HSL even further, since it's still technically a colour image not BW. also, you would just have to add the clarity after but it's better that way since u can just add it on a mask

[Reckless]

I was about to start posting some black and white portraits tomorrow, did a re-edit and they look so much cleaner thanks to your instructions. Thanks a lot!

[slavaskvorcov]

I like the way you’re explaining this: focusing on subject’s details and our perceptions, not on tools👌

[wxyz]

I thought this guy must be crazy when I first started watching the video! Nobody creates B&W by turning down saturation... But then I saw the results. Excellent. Now I'm trying to get my head around why it works so well. I'm pretty sure similar results could be obtained with more conventional techniques. But happy to be proved wrong.

[ronwalker]

Fantastic tutorial, Mark! Good on you for thinking out of the box

[Thetyrerepairer]

This has made a big difference to the way I process my images.

[joserivera]

That is a great tutorial on black and white. Greatful to you

[Harker]

Just set up the preset according to your advice expecting a 'So what?' result.
It's so much better than any B&W preset I had. Thank you.

[ShirtlessMenNetwork]

Excellent tutorial and technique. Thank you for sharing.

[theknee]

Thanks for this great lesson!
Bravo from Montréal, Canada! 📸❤️👍

[qutorze]

All this in 6 minutes. Really great. Thank you.

[warrengh]

Brilliant technique Mark and will defiantly be using regularly.

[ldouglass]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing. I always struggle to convert my color shots to B&W to my satisfaction. This tutorial has been a big help.

[CostaMesaPhotography]

I'll give this a try. I have a similar technique which begins with desaturated each color as you showed, but then I adjust the luminance sliders for each color to achieve the desired look. Your technique which adds changing the color temp and tint looks interesting...I'll work it into my next conversion!

[DavidPinkus]

Great educational channel. Love some of your editing techniques

[eirikhauber]

This is so cool! Love B&W Pictures but always struggled to prevent them from looking washed out - not with this method!

[jayhamiltonwild]

Cheers mate, simply said and done, no rambling, love it, thx🙏