Pete51 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I'm working on some old black and white images (old negatives converted to digital) but finding it difficult to find the right tools. The black and white adjustment layer doesn't work, hsl doesn't work etc. I can work with, levels, brightness and contrast, exposure, curves. I can select mid tones etc. Does anyone have any tips or are there any tutorials showing the best way to work with b&w images? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 If you scan old black-and-white negatives, your image will be in shades of grey only. Even if you scan them as RGB images, there is no colour information, which is why the black-and-white and HSL adjustmenfs have no effect. I would suggest that you begin by converting your image to greyscale, either 8 or 16 bit as appropriate. For tutorials try searching for monochrome in the tutorials forum, or google 'Affinity help monochrome'. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete51 Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Thank you John, I appreciate your very helpful reply. I will try all that you mention. Best wishes Peter John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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