changing greyscale to B&W

[swan lover]

Is it possible to turn a greyscale picture to ''normal'' Black and White in elements 6 and if so how? I know it is a form of black and white but not what my friend wants.

[GeoffWessex]

Greyscale IS black and white..... just not as editable. Once turned to greyscale, the Red, Green and Blue channels are removed and it really is a collection of grey tones. You can improve contrast but that's about it. I'm wondering why anybody would ever turn their pictures into greyscale. PSE6 has many ways of making B&W images - the least useful one is Greyscale.

[swan lover]

Thanks for that Geoff, my friend says its grey scale and is ''fidling'' with it before getting fed up and handing it to me to repair, I'd converted B&W pictures to greyscale to see the diffrence your words of wisdom will help me a lot thank you.