Capture, Conversion and Printing Black & White with Vincent Versace

Master black and white fine art photographer, Photoshop expert, X-Rite Coloratti Master and Printer, Vincent Versace shares the knowledge he’s gained from decades of research and real-world experience to help you take black and white images from “good enough” to fine art quality.

There are numerous ways to convert an image from color to hues of gray. But which one works best–and why–are questions that may be asked but are rarely if ever answered. Vincent Versace will show you some of the best ways to convert an image to black and white without ever leaving the RGB color space. You will learn which methods give you the best results and when to choose a simple or a complex solution. Different images have different needs as they are converted to black and white, and Vincent covers them all, exploring all the options in Photoshop for converting color images to black and white, including when one conversion technique is more appropriate than another.

[stevosd]

Fantastic video The content is enlightening for anyone who has the inclination to learn. This deserves hundreds of hit and comments.

[kirkelicious]

The fact that you sound like the Big Lebowsky makes this video incredible to watch! Also the content...

[luisurbina]

Hi Vince, will you be answering questions here?
If so, you said not to use RAW images when making a grayscale image. So, do you optimize a RAW file, and save it as TIFF? Do you process your images starting with a TIFF file?

[kyethompson]

Watched this in Dec 2021 & notice that none of the questions ahve a reply so i don't see the point in asking my questions but I would have liked to