Section 8.8. B W, Sepia

8.8. B & W, Sepia

The B & W (Black and White) and Sepia tools, meanwhile, don't correct anything. They simply drain the color from your photos. B & W converts them into moody grayscale images (a great technique if you're going for that Ansel Adams look); Sepia repaints them entirely in shades of antique brown (as though they were 1865 daguerreotypes).

Open a photo in Edit mode, and then click the Black & White or Sepia buttons . That's all there is to it. If you change your mind, you can use Edit Undo Convert to B&W to restore the color immediately, or choose Photos Revert to Original at any point to return to your original file.

---

Tip: If you don't see the B & W or Sepia buttons, you can always Control-click the photo and choose the corresponding command from the shortcut menu.

---

Figure 8-5. Top: When you click the Red-Eye tool, a pop-up message informs you of the next step: Click carefully inside each affected eye.
Bottom: Truth be told, the Red-Eye tool doesn't know an eyeball from a pinkie toe. It just turns any red pixels black, regardless of what body part they're associated with. Friends and family members look more attractiveand less like Star Trek charactersafter you touch up their phosphorescent red eyes with iPhoto.