Kevin, there are lots of ways other than unsaturating images. In Photoshop, each of the R, G, and B composites can be blended to produce a B&W with the channel mixer. Most folks recommend adjusting the source channels so that they roughly equal 100 percent. Make sure the monochrome checkbox is ticked.
The hue/saturation adjustment layer can then be used to tint your BW image. Make sure the Colorize checkbox is ticked, then fiddle with hue and saturation sliders.
There are also photoshop plugins by TheImageFactory and others that provide even more control over BW image generation, but I usually find something pleasing using the 2 photoshop adjustments.
Kevin Waterson wrote:
Is it possible to get a good black and white image from digital? greyscale just does'nt do it.
