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The Black and White plug-in is an example from the Bibble Plug-in SDK. It allows a user to convert an image from RGB to monochrome using a number of different calculations, and to add some spot color back into the image after it's been converted.

To use the Black and White Plug-in:

1. | From the Tools menu, click Plugins.

2. | In the drop-down menu, click BBlack and White.

3. | To enable the plugin, click Enable Black and White.

4. | Select the method used to calculate the black and white value from the dropdown

Note: The Red versus Blue & Green uses a combination of all three colors to calculate the value for Black and White conversion. A blend of Blue and Green are compared to Red, and the larger (brighter) value is used as the Black and White value.

Note: You can use Bibble's color adjustment tools to change the way Bibble calculates the Black and White values.

Spot Color

Spot Color allows you to include one or two colors in your Black and White images. The

1. | From the Black and White tool, click Add Color 1.

2. | Select the color you would like to add back into the image by typing its hue into the Hue input area, or by selecting the color.

3. | Select the Fuzziness of the color you would like to add. A large number will allow more of the selected color to be revealed, while a smaller number is more selective.

4. | Follow this process on the Second Spot Color tab to include a second color.

Note: The second color is added after the first, and thus covers any color revealed by the first. You can use this to control which color is more dominant.

Related Topics

Understanding Basic Image Editing Tools

Setting Color Options