Hi everyone
Just curious, in Lightroom, how would I go about making whites whiter for a black and white image?
Setting WB to Auto doesnt seem to really whiten the whites as much as Id like.
Do I just need to play around with the temp or tint?
Thank you!
When rendering to monochrome, the white balance, hue, saturation and luminosity controls adjust the luminosity relationship of colors to one another. It's the equivalent of using filters with B&W film.
To make "whites whiter", you need to adjust the relationship of whites to blacks using the exposure, fill light, blacks, recovery, brightness and contrast sliders. The Tone Curve panel gives you even more control with adjustments to Highlights, Lights, Darks, and Shadows, and control over the transitions between these areas.
Usually, putting a mild "S" curve into the Tone Curve panel gets me most of the way there.