: How do I turn a RGB picture in a B/W portrait in Photoshop CC? I used to be a big fan of a band called Maximum The Hormone and i decided to check out one of their songs, which soon led

@Jessie844

Personally I am more of a fan of the Exposure or Shadows/Highlight options as I feel they give finer control to the levels of the darks and lights along with the gamma correction needed to get really sharp curves to mimic the OP image mentioned...


Take your photo:





De-saturate it by switching the mode to Grayscale:





Adjust the image using Exposure or Shadows/Highlights:





Adjust the Shadows/Highlights to your liking (remember to tick the Show More Options box):





Or adjust the Exposure as you need:

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@Hamaas979

Click on the adjustment layer button (the little circular icon at the bottom of your layers palette)

Select either Black & White or Hue/Saturation. Black and White is a one-click option. With Hue/Saturation, you can dial down the sliders and play with the levels.

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@Looi7658678

To make it black and white go to Image => Adjustment => Disaturate
To make it look like a poster do Image => Adjustment => Posterize

you can play with levels to make it a bit more interesting

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