Photoshop Tip #2

Photos always look great as a mono shot, however with most D-SLR cameras there is no mono mode. So here are 3 great ways to change colour photographs to moody mono.

1. Grayscale
Simple and Easy goto the following menu. Image -> Mode -> Grayscale

2. Desaturate
This can be done in two ways
A. The shortcut = ctrl+shift+U
B. The Menu = Image -> Adustments -> Desaturate

3. The 3rd and best way if you have Photoshop CS is to use the Channel Mixer.
The Video below shows how this can be done, it gives you control on all the colours and how much each colour will change. Image -> Adustments -> Channel Mixer. Then tick the monochrome box. Then use the sliders on each of the colours.