Are there any places online that I can switch my images from black and white to color? or any free programs to download that i can do that?
2006-08-14 09:41:13 · 10 answers · asked by Miss Interpreted 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Errgh I meant color to black and white sorry :)
2006-08-14 10:41:25 · update #1
You can download a Photoshop free trial that lasts 30 days from www.adobe.com
Open the picture, then go to Image --> Adjustments --> Desaturate.
Addition -- the answerer below me is trying to be polemic. There's nothing wrong with the "Desaturate" option. You can always alter your desaturated picture using other options (ex. Brightness and Contrast, Curves, or Calculations) and obtain the same exact effects that you get using Calculations from the beginning. Both methods are effective. It doesn't matter how you get there, the final result is what really counts.
I just tried to give the asker the easiest option -- he/she probably can't master Photoshop yet.
I have desaturated pictures and manipulated them afterwards if they were "muddy" obtaining very good results.
2006-08-14 11:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by thecatphotographer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually thats not hard to do. Do you have photo shop? If you do you can use that. Really any photo program for the computer will work. Or when you order your digital prints on line to develop them, they give you the option of changing it to black and white, sepia or color. I'm sure your digital camera has a black and white setting, so in the future when you take a photo and you want it to be black and White, just switch the setting. I hope this helped. Good luck!
2006-08-14 11:12:07 · answer #2 · answered by mountaingirl88 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ohhh the dreaded "Desaturate" answer... desaturating the image will give you a black and white image but most of the time it will get muddy. The clearest and sharpest way to maintain detail is to use Adobe Photo Shop and go to the "Image" tab at the top and select calculations. for the "source 1" select the red channel, for source 2 select the green channel. The "Blending" tab part is where you can monkey with your lighting. There is no all purpose blending choice, just play with it until you get one you like. On the bottom of the dialog box select "Result: new document" and hit OK. This will give you a new document as a Multichannel image. Go to Image: Mode and turn it to a RGB file if you have a color printer, the printer will use the right amounts of ink to make a grayscale, or B&W photo or leave it as a grayscale image. Whammo you have a B&W image from a color one and you'll maintain the details and sharpness. I have used this on MANY portraits of my daughters and they look like I shot them on B&W film. Good luck!
2006-08-14 13:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by comcamav8r 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You can easily so that yourself.
If you have Windows on your machine open Paint. Open the photo you want to convert. (use a copy of the original so you don't mess it up) Then Click the Image menu -- then Click Attributes. On the bottom of the pop up box there will be a section "Colors" Check the Black and White choice and say Ok. It will change it to Black and White.
If that doesn't work email me. I can help.
2006-08-14 09:58:09 · answer #4 · answered by Jay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're using any version of OS-X, it came with iPhoto. Import your picture into iPhoto. there's an edit button on the bottom. click that, then you'll see some tools pop up on the bottom. One of them looks like a black and white photo. click that.
2016-03-27 01:43:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photoshop
2006-08-14 10:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jade 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you order online in walmart you can convert to black and white in their software... You can download a free trial version of some graphics software
2006-08-14 11:45:53 · answer #7 · answered by Mondschein! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, I recommand you to try google picasa.
picasa is a Google's photo software. It's what should've come with your camera.
it can upload/download your camera to your PC.
It can Edit , organise and Share you picture and small video clips.
you can make your ablum with picasa very easy.
It's very easy to use and is free, just like Google
Download it free in here:
http://www.adcenter.net.cn/google-picasa/
Good Luck!
2006-08-15 16:22:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
switching photos from black and white to color would be hard, since all it is are shades of black mainly. so it would be a wide variety of colors in it.
2006-08-14 09:50:35 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
check your manual some camera's will allow you to do this at the source
2006-08-14 10:09:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋