Getting Creative with Lightroom 1.1

Grayscale Conversions and Split Toning go hand in hand, as these sample files well demonstrate. Start with a well made grayscale conversion using LR 1.1's new Grayscale mix controls - and move right into the Split Toning pallette for endless fun in colorizing your black and white compositions.


Color Original



Optimized Grayscale Conversion




Split Tone 1



Split Tone 2



Split Tone 3



Split Tone 4

As you can see, the iterations are infinite - moving the highlight, shadow and saturation sliders in Split Toning produces many variations that will affect different areas of the original - all based on the original colors. Temperature and Tint also play a part in the Grayscale Conversion process. We have a lot to work with in LR 1.1 - so let's get creative!


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