Dramatic Black and White - Mac Info
Dramatic Black & White draws attention to the composition with it's contrast and light, and then adds texture, shape and form to turn your photo into an extraordinary work of art.
In the early days of photography, photographers had no choice but to shoot in black and white. On invention of color, black and white photography didn't die off--instead it flourished. Modern black and white photography at it's best is art, and many photographers regard it as the purest form of photography.
With it's dramatic contrast and light, which is the building block of a great photo, Dramatic Black & White doesn't just display something, it tells a story one that is both emotional and beautiful.
Spotlight Tool
Use the elipse to draw focus to your composition. To adjust the spotlight click on the circles to change the size. Multiple spotlights can be created using the "Add Spotlight" tool on top. To change the spotlight's intensity go the "Adjust" tab, slider can be found at the bottom of the control panel
Buttons:
Top Bar Buttons
Get Photo: Loads a photo from your desktop or hard drive.
Add Spotlight: Adds another ellipse spotlight tool
Delete Spotlight: Removes the selected spotlight.
Random Button: Randomizes the Rain effect on the image
Original Button: Hold down to view the original image for a quick comparison
File Menu
Get Photo: Loads a photo from your desktop or hard drive.
Save Photo: Saves the image to your desktop or hard drive.
Save Preset: Once you've created a black and white scene you can use this option to save all the attributes and reuse them on another picture.
Presets
Use the Styles Tab to view our different presets
Dramatic Black and White comes with 3 different preset folders
Black and White
Infrared Photo
Dramatic Black and White
Saving and Deleting Presets
Once you have applied a preset and modified it using the adjust tab, you can save your own custom preset by going to the file menu and selecting save preset. To delete a preset click the red X in the bottom corner which will make red Xs appear next to the preset thumbnails tap them to delete.
Customize
There are two tabs which you can use to customize your picture
Red/Green/Blue Sliders
Filters the black and white image with the selected color range
B&W Strength
Increases the opacity of the Black and White overlay.
Tone Slider
Move the slider right to increase the amount of color added to the image. Choose any color with the color box.
Brightness Slider*
Move to the right to increase highlights and move to the left to expand shadows
Contrast Slider
Deepens the dark areas in the image.
Soften/ Sharpen Slider
Move left to remove unwanted noise or move right to increase apparent sharpness
Spotlight Slider
Adds a darkened edge around the ellipse move the slider right to increase its opacity
*Not available when a Dramatic B&W style preset is selected.
