Black and white
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Black and white is a Colour effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Converts the layer to black and white, with additional controls for the brightness of different colours.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reds | Slider | -200 to 300; higher | 40 | Per cent |
| Yellows | Slider | -200 to 300; higher | 60 | Per cent |
| Greens | Slider | -200 to 300; higher | 40 | Per cent |
| Cyans | Slider | -200 to 300; higher | 60 | Per cent |
| Blues | Slider | -200 to 300; higher | 20 | Per cent |
| Magentas | Slider | -200 to 300; higher | 80 | Per cent |
| Tint | Checkbox | On or off | Off | - |
| Tint colour | Colour | Each channel 0 to 4, scene-linear | 0.62, 0.44, 0.26, 1 | - |
| Mix | Slider | 0 to 100 | 100 | Per cent |
| Blend | Dropdown | Normal · Darken · Multiply · Colour burn · Linear burn · Darker colour · Add · Lighten · Screen · Colour dodge · Lighter colour · Overlay · Soft light · Hard light · Linear light · Vivid light · Pin light · Hard mix · Difference · Exclusion · Subtract · Divide · Hue · Saturation · Colour · Luminosity | Normal | - |
| Matte | Layer | Any layer in the composition | None | - |
| Invert | Checkbox | On or off | Off | - |
| Channel | Dropdown | Luminance · Alpha · Red · Green · Blue | Luminance | - |
In the Effect Controls panel:
- Tint colour is editable while Tint is on.
- Matte is an input to an effect, scaling the strength. Invert inverts the mattes for calculating strength.
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Reds, Yellows, Greens, Cyans, Blues and Magentas set how bright each colour becomes.
- Tint and Tint colour tint the greyscale output.
- Mix: how much of the result replaces the original.
- Matte and Invert drive the greyscale amount from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.