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Using simple Channels Part 2
Software : Photoshop CS
Level : Beginner

Concept

By using channels and levels we can go one more step further to get grayscale output.

1. Open an image to use Channels for grayscale output.

2. Windows > Channels

3. Or Switch to Channels Palette.

4. This time we will select Red Channel

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5. With Red, its too light.

6. Image > Adjustments > Levels

7. Adjust the levels as shown in the following image.

8. Create New Grayscale document and drag Red Channel on it.

9. Delete Gray channel from the channel palette of the new file.

10. Image > Mode
Switch to Grayscale from Multichannel

11. You can trim the file if the original file is bigger than the dragged image.