Using Lab Color Part 1
Software : Photoshop CS
Level : Beginner

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

Using Lightness channel in the Lab color mode create amazing grayscale output.

1. Open an image to apply photoshop Lab Color mode.

2. Image> Mode > Lab Color

3. Switch to Channels Palette or

Windows > Channels

4. Select Lightness

5. Delete a or b Channels by dragging it to the "Delete current channel" Button shown in red mark.

6. Image > Mode

Switch to Grayscale from Multichannel