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This tutorial demonstrates how to utilise Photoshop CS3’s (new) Black and White filter. This filter is excellent for quickly converting images to black and white - and applying tints.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your choice of image onto Photoshop’s workspace - or download my example Here. Unzip the file and open it onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then from the top menu, choose Image then choose Adjustments then choose Black and White. In the subsequent dialogue box, click open Preset and experiment with different filters; for my first example, I chose Infrared, with the default settings.
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To personalise your choice of black and white filter, experiment with the following
sliders.
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If you would to apply a Duotone effect - click a dot into the Tint box, and experiment with different Hue and Saturation levels. Alternatively, click the click to change the tint colour swatch, and in the subsequent Select target colour box, set the colour of your choice, then click OK.
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To create a higher contrast, utilise the Dodge and Burn Tools. Tutorial.
Additional Notes
To change your image’s tones; first open the Black and White dialogue box; then hover your cursor over an area of your photograph, and when you see the following
eyedropper.
Left-click. Your cursor will then change to the following arrow icon.
Now, left-click and drag your cursor to the left, or to the right - or move it to another area of your photograph. In response, the sliders will move - automatically displaying the pixel colours you are sampling - this in turn, changes your photograph’s tones.
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