Favorite Action

[nun69]

what is your favorite B&W conversion{action} for PS or LR? I want to find one that just jumps rigth out and gives you that WOW factor...what do you have for me??? or do you have a process that you do something else first and then convert to B&W?

[Tracyfish]

I love this one...
http://www.thecoffeeshopblog.com/2010/07/coffeeshop-vanilla-b-pspse-action.html

[heathergw]

PW has one in her free sets that I really like called "black beauty"

my most fave is from My4Hens' Whimsical Collection called "White Horse"

one day I'd like to get her Black & Brilliance Collection

[digideb]

Hands down, Matchstick by My4Hens! http://myfourhensphotography.com/shop/?page_id=883
Here's a few with it.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/adkennedy8605/30daychallenge/92web.jpg
All the black & whites in this post:
http://debkennedyphotography.blogspot.com/2011/10/baby-m.html

[Nettio]

My fave is the Milk & Cookies B&W action from Totally Rad Actions. It's in the TRA 2 - The Revenge set.

[BrattyMeg]

My fave is Nichole Van's essential BW (http://shop.nicholev.com/product.aspx?sec=0&cat=0&prod=a-bw2) :)

[LenaGardner]

If I could only have one black and white action, it would be Bitchin' B&W by Totally Rad (http://www.gettotallyrad.com/blog/original-actions/bitchin-bw-photoshop-action/)

It has never once let me down. I can use it an do nothing else to my photo SOOC and be happy every time :) Here are some of my samples, (some of them had some other editing done on them prior to running the action, some of them not)

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/bellagypsygirl/Stuff%20De%20Lena/6-1.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/bellagypsygirl/Stuff%20De%20Lena/4-1.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/bellagypsygirl/Stuff%20De%20Lena/1-1.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/bellagypsygirl/Stuff%20De%20Lena/3-1.jpg

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff258/bellagypsygirl/Stuff%20De%20Lena/7.jpg

[*Celeste*]

I use Rob Carr's...it's my fav.

http://www.writeclickscrapbook.com/.a/6a0115703fdafe970b015390acfd3b970b-800wi

http://lifehacker.com/032334/photoshop-black-and-white-conversion

[jaylensmom]

Are these LR or PS actions? I guess I could go look since you all provided links :)

[mrshobbes]

My Four Hens has a b&w action called Sterling within her Fable set (http://myfourhensphotography.com/shop/?page_id=955)--I really love it, as it adds a slight vintagey haze to the conversion :)

[MommaTrish]

Hands down, Matchstick by My4Hens! http://myfourhensphotography.com/shop/?page_id=883
http://debkennedyphotography.blogspot.com/2011/10/baby-m.html
Hands down I agree!!!
Here is the set
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/MommaTrish/20111016-DSCN0013copy.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/MommaTrish/20111016-DSCN0028copy.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/MommaTrish/20111016-DSCN0029copy.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/MommaTrish/20111016-DSCN0032copy.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/MommaTrish/20111016-DSCN9929copy.jpg

[Starlight-Princess]

I LOVE Take My Colour Away by MCP Actions x

[nun69]

I have matchstick too...why have I never used it LOL!

[Shawna]

Definitely Match Stick by My Four Hens, it's pretty much the only B/W action set I use! I always do a lot of tweaking to the different layers, I never ever leave an action as is. I turn some layers off and change the opacity on others, etc.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6259028769_7ea9184fc8_z.jpg