Bright Yellow glow effect not printing well in black and white

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Tim_D_Nelson
Mar 27, 2009
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I am working on a company logo that the owner wants to have a glowing yellow ring on a white background. I have a psd file that someone else created that looks great in color, but when you print it out in black and white, the yellow ring and glow disappear. I have been trying to tell the owner that you can not have bright yellow ring on white and have it come out well when printed in black and white, but he won’t let it go.

My question. Can it be done? Is there a way to have some other effect, or gray scale in the background so when printed in black and white it shows well, but when in color it is hidden?

I don’t know what version it was created in, but I have the whole CS4 extended creative suite at my disposal.

Thank you,

Tim

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curt_young
Mar 27, 2009
If it is to be printed in B&W then you will have to create the same yellow glow effect in a shade of gray that will print well.

I realize this may be difficult as the mind interprets a scene in color differently than the same scene in shades of gray. Or else have the boss bite the bullet and have it printed in color.
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Ozzwoman9
Mar 27, 2009
You can convert the image to grayscale and then adjust the curves to make it darker in order to show up in black/white. But the other elements of the logo may change as well depending on what the logo consists of.
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Phosphor
Mar 27, 2009
Apply a Curves adjustment layer to JUST the glow; separate the style layers if you have to.

Work in grayscale and have your boss looking over your shoulder as you adjust the intensity of the "glow" until it suits him.
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Zeno_Bokor
Mar 27, 2009
Curves? wouldn’t it be easier to just use Black&White and adjust the Yellows slider?
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John Joslin
Mar 27, 2009
There are always at least 3 ways to do anything in Photoshop. Most people like to use the method nearest to what they know, so the more suggestions the better.
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Zeno_Bokor
Mar 27, 2009
well then, don’t forget that you can use View->Proof Setup/Colors to get a preview of how your artwork will look like when printed. For converting it to grayscale i’d say stick with the Black&White adjustment (layer) because you can individually modify the intensity that the different colors will have when the image gets converted to grayscale
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John Joslin
Mar 27, 2009
Tim is up against it with a customer that won’t accept the limitations of the medium. Sometimes it’s better to abandon attempts to do the impossible and to produce a dedicated version for monochrome.
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Curvemeister
Mar 28, 2009
The yellow will look like a gray halo against a white background. You will probably need to redesign the black and white version of the logo to have a darker background, so that you have a glowing white ring on a light gray background.
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John_R_Nielsen
Mar 29, 2009
Or maybe a dark "fringe" around the glow.

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