| PaintShop Photo Pro X3 for Photographers Creating Black and White Pictures Despite the fact that digital photography makes it no more difficult or expensive to shoot in color than black and white, monochrome images are proving as popular as ever. For some subjects removing the color altogether produces an aesthetically desirable result and digital image processing makes it easier than ever to produce toning effects like sepia, split toning, and cross-processing that, in the days of chemical process- ing, were messy, time-consuming, and often produced hit-and-miss results. One of the simplest ways to produce black and white photos is to set your camera to Black and White mode but, other than in exceptional circum- stances, I'd advise against this. Shooting with color in the camera and converting the images to black and white, as we shall see, gives you a much greater degree of control over the process and provides many more creative opportunities. It also gives you the option of keeping the color photo as well.