Dramatic Black & White Editing in Photoshop | Full TK9 + TK Grayscale Workflow

Join me in Iceland for a full Fine Art Black & White editing workflow in Photoshop using the TK9 v3 panel and the TK Grayscale plugin by Tony Kuyper. In this video, I’ll show you step by step how I transformed a long-exposure waterfall image into a dramatic black and white photograph, using luminosity masks, gradients, glow effects, and my personal workflow. If you want to follow along, you can download the DNG file here: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3v4sz9dw If you try this edit, feel free to send me your final image — I’d love to see what you create! 📩 [email protected] 🎁 15% Discount on TK Tools: If you want to explore Tony Kuyper’s plugins or training videos, you can use the code NICO15 to get 15% off his entire website — including the TK9 v3 panel, TK Grayscale, and the TK Magic Mixer combo. 👉 TK Panel & Plugins: https://goodlight.us/panels-and-video... 📸 What You’ll Learn • My complete Fine Art black & white workflow • How to use TK9 v3 luminosity masks • How to convert to B&W with TK Grayscale • Creating dramatic skies and textured landscapes • How to refine highlights in waterfalls • Glow effects (Nick Page method) • Final polish with Camera Raw and vignette 📂 Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:48 Lightroom basic adjustments 03:47 Remove imperfections 04:23 Creating channel masks (sky, land, waterfall) 06:32 Black & white conversion with TK Grayscale 07:29 Adjusting the sky 08:15 Working on the land 10:00 Enhancing the waterfall 11:36 Camera Raw finishing touches 12:58 Gradients & visual flow 14:35 Highlight glow effect 15:47 Final vignette 16:39 Final thoughts & outro 🔔 Stay Connected If you enjoy this kind of Fine Art post-processing, feel free to like the video and subscribe for more tutorials. 🔧 Tools Used in This Video: • TK9 v3 Panel by Tony Kuyper • TK Grayscale + TK Magic Mixer • Adobe Photoshop 2026 • Adobe Lightroom Classic • Sony Camera (long exposure) 📍 About Me: I’m Nico Ruffato, an Italian landscape photographer living near Venice. I create educational content focused on black and white fine art, post-production, and creative landscape photography. 🌎 https://www.nicoruffato.net 👽Download my digital content from PAYHIP: https://nicolandscapes.gumroad.com 🧑🏻‍💻   / nico_ruffato   🔗 Useful Links & Discounts: 🎓 Lake Bled Masterclass: ITA - https://payhip.com/b/XNUaJ  ENG - https://payhip.com/b/mUklx 🖥️ TK9 Basic Course (free): https://www.nicoruffato.net/tk9-corso... 🎛️ TK9 v3 –15%: https://goodlight.us/panels-and-video... • Code NICO15 🧪 DxO –15%: Code PAR_NR25 (PhotoLab / Nik Collection / PureRaw) 🍊 Topaz Labs: https://topazlabs.com/ref/1549/ ✨ Luminar NEO –10%: https://skylum.evyy.net/c/3473159/131... • Code Ruffato-Neo 🔎 Excire Search –15%: https://bit.ly/excire-searchNICO • Code excire-nico15 👩‍🦰 Retouch4Me –20%: https://tinyurl.com/retouch4me-nico