Advanced Black and White Photo mode allows you to easily produce neutral and toned black-and-white prints. Whether your photo is color or grayscale, you can use this unique screening and color management technology to create stunning black-and-white prints.
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If you are printing from Photoshop, make sure you do not use Photoshop’s color management settings when using Advanced Black and White Photo mode. There are no profiles associated with this screening and color management technology.
If you are printing from Photoshop, make sure you do not use Photoshop’s color management settings when using Advanced Black and White Photo mode. There are no profiles associated with this screening and color management technology.
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Select Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting on the Main tab.
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Click the Advanced button. You see a screen like this:
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Color Toning adds tone (hue) to your black-and-white output. The default is Neutral, which will provide you with a neutral tonal scale print. You can also choose other popular presets such as Cool, Warm, and Sepia. Note that the presets affect the target found in the tone color circle.
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Tone changes the entire tonal scale of your black-and-white output. While Darker is the default setting, you may see better results if you choose Dark.
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Brightness adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of your image.
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Contrast adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of your image.
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Shadow Tonality controls tonality only in the shadow areas of your image.
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Highlight Tonality controls tonality only in the highlight areas of your image.
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Max Optical Density adjusts the overall density or focus of the print. Create a soft focus print by setting the density to lower.
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Highlight Point Shift helps reduce gloss differential on glossy media by adding density to the highlights of your image.
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The tone color circle adjusts the hue of your black-and-white print. Click on any portion of the color wheel or enter corresponding values to customize the tone (hue) to add to your print. The closer you select to the edge of the wheel, the more color you will add.
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The preview approximates the image tone based on your settings. Note that this preview always shows the same image and is not color managed. It provides a level of feedback as you make changes.