Extraordinary in the Ordinary

So many have asked about my black and whites and how I get such rich black and white conversions. I have converted in raw for years and have always done this because of how easy it is to apply the same settings to one image instead of having to run an action on each one. So, here is my “secret recipe” for black and whites that has become my trademark. I’ve also included a few other conversions, but my personal favorite is the “film look”. I love it! Here are just some some snapshots done with it and nothing else but resized and sharpened.

Here are a few of my favorite Photoshop Presets for CS2. It’s hard to find presets for CS2, so here are a few that I created.

6 Adobe Photoshop CS2 RAW Presets – Speed up your workflow with presets!

basic black with vignette preset basic black without vignette preset

film look with vignette preset film look without vignette preset

mocha black with vignette preset mocha black without vignette preset

$30

When you receive the presets, place them in your settings folder:
Document and Settings – Owner(username) – Application Data – Adobe – Camera Raw – Settings

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