Can a normal photo image be edited in photoshop to achieve an infrared photograph?

Question

Can a normal photo image be edited in photoshop to achieve an infrared photograph?

Answer 1

You can find everything you need to know at http://www.shutterbug.com

Just type 'digital road to infrared' or just 'infrared' in the Search box.

Answer 2

probable it can

Answer 3

In the true sense, no it can't.  Infrared is a different part of the light spectrum.  Your camera, unless its been modified, blocks out that part of the light spectrum.

Photoshop does have a B&W conversion that has Infrared as one of its defaults.  The results from it are really similar to what a true infrared image looks like, green leaves become white, sky becomes close to black, etc.  So the results you get for landscape scenes can be similar, but not so much for portraits.