From the beginning of photography to the present day, black and white works undoubtedly have a great charm. So there is a saying called "black white and gray forever". After removing the interference of color, black and white works can better express the original intention and purity of photography.
But black and white works are not as simple as using Nik or ACR to remove colors. If you only remove the color, there is no light, shadow and tone, and sometimes it is not as straight as the original film.
So is there a simple software that shapes the tone of black and white works? BWArtisan is a plug-in of less than 5M, as long as you can create a selection, you can generate light and shadow of black and white works with one click. It hardly requires you to master complex PS knowledge. After your PS has installed 2023, (Note: this plugin does not support PS2024 yet) has completed the installation of BWArtisan, you can open it from PS-Windows-Extension.
Figure 1: The original image compares with the BWArtisan plugin. The image on the left is the original image.
Figure 1, the original image on the left and the BWArtisan on the right.
Picture 2, the original picture was taken at the "Suzhou Grand Theatre".
Picture 2, Suzhou Grand Theatre.
Figure 3, where the white arrow points to the part of the tone to be processed with BWArtisan. Throughout the entire process, it is almost generated with one click.
Figure 3, note the subsequent tone change of the white arrow.
Figure 4, one-click generation of this tone change, all you have to do is to create a selection, there are many tools to create a selection, such as lasso, magic wand, quick selection... The white dotted line is the selection created by the Pen tool. On the right is the created selection. The created selection is "saved" and it will be saved to the "channel".
Figure 4: Created and preserved constituencies.
Figure 5, this BWArtisan is easy to install and use, and you can use it with a little knowledge of PS.
Figure 5, Schematic diagram of the BWArtisan interface.
Figure 6, comparison before and after treatment.
Figure 6, comparison before and after treatment.
Figure 7, the final output effect.
Figure 7, the final output effect.
This software has a unique advantage in shaping the tone of photographic works, not only for black and white works, but also for post-production photography such as landscapes. The software has been sinicized, the Chinese interface, and the operation is relatively simple.