The Canon Magazine 53
INFRARED PHOTOS
04 EDITING YOUR IR IMAGE
To convert your pink image in Camera Raw
click the White Balance eye dropper on
foliage to make it very light and the sky and
water darker. In Photoshop use Channel
Mixer to swap values: Red channel; Red
0%, Green 0%, Blue 100%; Blue channel;
Red 100%, Green 0%, Blue 0%.
05 CONVERT IR IMAGES TO B&W
You may prefer a B&W IR finish, and for our
image that doesn’t have enough blue sky,
this is a good option. In Photoshop go to
Adjustments>Black and White... and use
the sliders to lighten the Reds and Yellows,
and darken the Blues and Cyans. But don’t
go OTT otherwise skies can pixelate.06 CREATE A FAKE B&W IR IMAGE
To convert your colour images to a fake IR
B&W image again in Photoshop go to
Adjustments>Black and White... and now
use the Infrared preset from dropdown
menu. We had to reduce the Yellow and
Green sliders so the foliage isn’t blown in
places. It’s not bad!IR FILTER & B&W CONVERSION
You might find you
need to further
lighten the IR B&W
image, which you
can do in Photoshop
with a couple of
layers and CurvesQUICK TIP!