Trying to make a colored picture fade to black

I am working in Photoshop CS4 for Windows. I would like to make a series of four photos in a row. The first is the full color photo, the 2nd photo is a more faded to black, the third even more faded to black and the fourth will be all black. How do I go about doing this in PSD? I have tried various methods such as a color overlay, adjusting the brightness, etc.
Thanks for your help!

Image - Adjust - Brightness / Contrast as one possibility.
How are you viewing this slow fade? In a web browser? If so, you'll probably want more than 4 levels of fade. For a nice smooth fade one could imagine needing hundreds of levels.
-Noel

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