Digital Grin > Some sharpening, and you're done!
Digital Grin > Let's add some Luminosity Toning.  Cmd-Shift-~ (PC: Ctrl-Shift-~) to select the luminosity.  Then New Color Fill Layer, choose your color (I like chocolate brown sometimes...)
Digital Grin > You can now, if you wish, desaturate in RAW.  Or, you can leave it, and go B&W in Photoshop.
Digital Grin > Give Photoshop's Auto Levels a try, you will be pleased with the results!
Digital Grin > If you haven't gone to B&W,  you'll want to do Channel Mixer, and modify the red & green channels.  Check the monochrome box.
Digital Grin > Change the layer blend mode to "Color" and lower the opacity to taste.  I like 15-20%.
Digital Grin > By Andy.

Your IR image, if taken with a traditional 72nm filter, will look something like this.  Here we have opened a RAW file in Adobe Camera Raw.
Digital Grin > The first step that I do in RAW, is to neutralize the white balance, it really helps the exposure.  Note the histogram above, and then here, after I use the grey-dropper (white balance tool in ACR) and click on a neutral grey area.
Some sharpening, and you're done!
Digital Grin > Some sharpening, and you're done!
Some sharpening, and you're done!
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