Ok- Im back in my scrapping mood again and Im trying to figure out the best way to turn an picture into a B&W picture. I was doing Layer> New Adjustment Layer? Gradient Map and then chosing the B&W but this just seems too harsh. I want a softer B&W picture.

Can anybody give me some advice? Thanks!

amber

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Mom to twin boys born at 26 weeks 02/07/05
Colin Matthew~ went to heaven 02/10/05
Drew Alexander~ FINALLY HOME 05/26/05!~108 days in the NICU

Ok...I just found out from Amanda. Here is the answer in case anybody else sees this post.

Ctrl + Shift + U to desaturate.

Thanks Amanda!

Amber

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Amber
Mom to twin boys born at 26 weeks 02/07/05
Colin Matthew~ went to heaven 02/10/05
Drew Alexander~ FINALLY HOME 05/26/05!~108 days in the NICU

Without using keyboard commands, you can also go to Image>Mode>Greyscale.

Or Image>Adjust>Desaturate

Or Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation and play around with a low level of saturation

There's always more than one way with Photoshop!

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Thanks Trinity!

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Amber
Mom to twin boys born at 26 weeks 02/07/05
Colin Matthew~ went to heaven 02/10/05
Drew Alexander~ FINALLY HOME 05/26/05!~108 days in the NICU