Photoshop creates very exquisite black and white portrait effects

Source: Black Light Forum Author: Li Zhouzhou Black and white pictures pay great attention to the processing of light perception. Especially for portrait pictures, after converting them to black and white, you need to use color correction tools, channels, etc. to enhance the texture of the skin color and create a metallic-like effect.
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final effect
1. First, open the original image in PS5 and use "Curve" to adjust different channel photos. Make the original dark red and gray photo bright and transparent, and merge the layers after adjustment. Then use the patch tool to touch up the liquified skin.

2. Open "Image-Adjustment-Black and White" to adjust the picture to black and white to make the picture have front and back layers. The parameters are (red-1 yellow+127 green+9 cyan+263 blue-25 magenta+88) and then merge the layers.

Duplicate the layer and select "Image-Apply Image" to adjust the parameters inside to give the character's skin a contrasting texture. Then merge all layers.

4. Duplicate the layer, select the "Brush Tool" and then "Apply Gaussian Blur" to modify the skin to make the skin delicate and shiny.

Select "Filter - Sharpen - USM Sharpen" on the layer to make the skin texture have a strong contrast between black and white and gray. Finally, according to the picture modification and tonal conditions, make personal detail modifications and adjust the tones (use "Levels" or "Curves" "). Let the overall contrast between black and white tones strongly stretch the sense of front and rear space.

6. Open the "Filter-Water Reflection Plug-in" to make the characters in the mirror look like their reflections in the water, creating a reflection effect of water waves.

Then open the water drop material and add it to the picture to make the picture more vivid and give readers some space to associate.

8. Finally, merge all layers, adjust colors and details to complete the rendering.