How to edit black and white photos

You really like them artistic black and white photos and would you like to apply this beautiful effect to some photos you have saved on your PC? Have you scanned some old black and white family photos and want to correct the imperfections present in them? No problem.

You must know that you do not need to be a photo editing expert to perform operations of this kind. To learn how to edit black and white photos with your computer, follow the instructions I am about to give you and you will see that by using the right solutions you will be able to obtain the desired results in a much easier way than you expect.

Be vuoi scoprire how to edit black and white photos so as to turn a color image into a black and white photo, I recommend using Pixlr. It is a completely free online photo editing service that allows you to edit photos easily, quickly and without installing any software on your PC. Works on all major browsers (eg Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer) and operating systems.

To convert a black and white photo with Pixlr, connected to the main page of the service and click on the button Open an image from your computer to select the image to retouch. At this point, select the item Remove saturation from the menu Regulation and the photo will become black and white.

To perfect the effect, you can adjust Brightness and contrast o Curves by selecting the appropriate items from the menu Regulation by Pixlr. Then, when you are satisfied with the result, you can download the image you just edited on your PC by going to the menu File> Save, specifying name e format of file to export the image and clicking on the button OK.

If you don't feel like using an online service and you have Photoshop installed on your computer, you can turn color photos into black and white simply by selecting the item Remove saturation from the menu Image> Adjustments of the Adobe photo editing program.

You would like it edit photos in black and white by creating artistic images in which only one color is highlighted, completely desaturating the rest of the shades? If you have Photoshop installed on your computer you can do it quite easily.

All you have to do is take a few minutes of free time and follow the guide on how to highlight a color with Photoshop that I published some time ago on the blog.

You've digitized some old black and white family photos and do you want to “restore” them, removing all imperfections, scratches and stains caused by time from them? With a little bit of effort you can do it using GIMP, the free and open source photo editing program defined by many as the best free alternative to Photoshop. If you want to find out how to do it in detail, check out my guide on how to fix photos with scratches or smudges.

Finally, I would like to point out my tutorial on how to color with Photoshop in which we have seen together how coloring a black and white drawing scanned with the scanner. Again, this is nothing overly complicated. Just do a little practice and put some effort into it.

How to edit black and white photos