Tutorial List: Create good black and white icons/pics, colorize black and white pics, b/w icon tuts!

[mia_eileen]

I've noticed a lot of people asking many times a week how to create good black and white pictures/icons,(is also called gray scaling or desaturating), how to make them "pop" so to speak. Or how to add color/colorize an entire black and white picture or color only parts of it, leaving the rest black and white.

So I thought it was long over due to make a list of tutorials/guides people have made that explains these things, and to have everything in one place so it's easier to find. I will not claim I have every single tutorial of this kind posted by people on Live Journal listed here, but I think I have around 95% of them, so I hope you'll find something of interest among them!

I did NOT make any of these, I only created the previews, full credit goes to the makers of each tutorial for the rest!

This post includes, in order:

- Different techniques to create good black and white pictures.
- How to colorize an entire black and white picture/icon, or add color to only parts of it.
- Misc black and white icon tutorials.

Created: May 7th 2008
Last Updated April 12th 2009 (added 4 tutorials)
Number of tutorials: 121
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Click the picture to go to the tutorials,or the "HERE" links below the thumbnails!

Different techniques to create good black and white pictures:

This is a very good tutorial that show you the many different ways to achieve a black and white image, using different tools. It's made in Photoshop (PS), but it's perfectly translatable to other programs like Paint Shop Pro (PSP), GIMP ect.




These next three are also a brilliant tutorials that teaches you how to achieved the right degree of contrast when you grayscale/desaturate a picture. These guides uses Photoshop CS2, but they're easily translatable to other programs. They show you how brightness/contrast, curves, gradient maps, etc. can work together to make a better black and white image.










How to colorize an entire black and white picture/icon, or add color to only parts of it:


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HERE at annesaname


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HERE at flickaholic



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HERE at millergurl



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HERE at superbeicons


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HERE at cristal_graphix


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If your tutorial is up there, and you don't want it to be, leave a comment, and I'll remove it immediately.

Also, if you have a tutorial, know of one that's not already here or if you make one in the future, please let me know, and I'll consider adding it to the list! But, keep in mind that I will not add tutorials that are locked to friends/members only, or "tutorials" that only link to a .PSD.

Feel free to add this entry to your memories, bookmark it or track this post. I will update with new tutorials when they pop up :)

Other tutorial lists made by me:
Supernatural tutorial list [Updated april 12th 2009. Total: 128 tutorials]