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Photo looks, lighting & styles · #19

Black and white

Remove colour and show brightness only. The colour drains from the same landscape; the sun and the light on the figure turn grey and the shapes read only by their brightness.

Tones & finishing looksblack and whitemonochromeb&wgrayscaledesaturatedclassic

Full motion specification

How the movement works

For a timeless feel, or when shape, light and expression matter more than colour.

  1. 01Scene 3: a bust on the left (head centre x 140, y 82, radius 28 px) and hills, a house, trees and the sun (x 432, y 54, radius 15 px) on the right.
  2. 02Conversion: each colour becomes the grey of its luminance (0.2126R + 0.7152G + 0.0722B), contrast ×1.25 around 140
  3. 03For example the figure #4D5A75 → about #4D4D4D, the sun #F5A524 → about #B5B5B5
  4. 04Timing: the effect comes in from 0.4 s to 1.4 s, holds until 4.0 s and is gone again by 4.8 s (one pass = 5 s, cubic ease-in-out (about cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1)))

Prompt

Beach snapshot in black and white, contrast slightly raised, keeping the difference in brightness between sky and sand.