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01/18/2005 11:18:02 PM · #1 |
| i was wondering how you put color in one object in a black and white picture can anyone help?? |
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01/18/2005 11:26:26 PM · #2 |
You mean like this? Here is a good place to start.
Message edited by author 2005-01-18 23:36:31.
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01/18/2005 11:26:45 PM · #3 |
This may help. The technique presented is nice since it does not rely on selecting anything, however it means that all things with the selected color will remain in color.
There are of course more sophisticated techniques, but they require more time and skill. Here's a brief overview of one method to leave one (arbitrary) object in color:
- Create a duplicate layer from your photo
- Create a layer mask on this layer
- Activate the first (bottom) layer, and desaturate the whole layer
- Activate the top layer, and mask off all the parts that you want in B&W, leaving the parts you want in color.
- If you screw up you can paint the mask back, so you don't have to worry about small mistakes.
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01/18/2005 11:27:39 PM · #4 |
Rather than putting colour in one object, you can keep colour while converting the rest to b/w. One way to do it is to desaturate all colours except the one you wish to keep. For example, in the picture below I desaturated all except yellow:
You can also select the are you wish to keep in colour, invert, feather, and convert that part to b/w, like in the example below, where I selected just the (what is it called?) iris of the eye:
There are other ways to do it. Konador has a tutorial in the "Learn" -> "Tutorials" section here at DPChallenge. |
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01/18/2005 11:29:47 PM · #5 |
| Thank you guys soooooo much ! :0) |
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01/18/2005 11:31:15 PM · #6 |
On a lot of images, if you play with a levels adjustment layer at the extremes of its range, you can produce an overlay that allows you easily to select the area you want. Then you can save the selction, discard the levels layer, reload the selction, invert it, and make an adjustment layer to desaturate the selected portions of the image.
One way or the other, the path to "perfect" selective desaturation involves careful & precise selection.
Robt.
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01/18/2005 11:37:05 PM · #7 |
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01/18/2005 11:40:30 PM · #8 |
| Faidoi those are beautiful !!! i have to learn. Im new to all this .. thanks everyone for your help |
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01/20/2005 06:36:12 PM · #9 |
You can also create a layer, desat it, and use the history brush to go back in and "paint" whatever you want back to it's original color. I did that in this photo, and also changed the color of some of the blocks because the original blocks were the same 3 colors and I wanted more variety.
Message edited by author 2005-01-20 18:37:36. |
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