Aperture 3 Tutorial // Better Black & White
Monday, June 27, 2011 at 10:42PM
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Let's face it.. the ability to make BW images in Aperture 3 is a bit lacking. My hope was, when the update to aperture 3 came out, that we would see better control in the app to really fine tune our images. While on the surface it seems that we don't have that control, I accidentally found where it was hiding... in the color brick of all places. So without hesitation I made the tutorial below to not only explain how to gain better control when adjusting your BW images, but I also threw in a few other tips to really help your BW sing. Enjoy!
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Reader Comments (4)
Excellent tutorial on making real B&W;s. Opened up my eyes. Thanks.
Curious if you ever use(d) Silver Efex Pro for B&W?
If so, do you think it's worth getting?
Thanks.
Lawrence - Yes I have used it and in fact it is the main way that I convert images to BW. I prefer SFXP2 since it offers a ton of options over doing BW in aperture to tell the truth. Sometimes though, if I just need a quick conversion then I will use aperture. I would HIGHLY recommend all of Nik's products and especially SEFXP2!
Thanks for stopping by the blog! :D
Nice tutorial!