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This page is part of the 'Converting Colour to Black and White' feature at Northlight Images

Using a free Photoshop Action from Inkjetgoodies
You can download it at http://inkjetgoodies.com/main/psactions.htm

It is a combination of several techniques and does the following:

  1. Create New Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer with the
    following properties:
    Mode: Saturation
    Hue: -180
    Saturation: -100
    Lightness: +100
  2. Convert LAB Color. Choose the Flatten Option if given.
  3. Open the Channels Window and delete Channels 'A' and 'B'
  4. Convert to Grayscale.