Single Color Saturation - DPChallenge Forums

Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital

06/23/2005 12:28:56 PM · #1

I've been studying lots of portfolio shots and love the effect of everything being black and white (or sepia) and one or two items being color. How is this accomplished? Is there any software besides Adobe Photoshop that will achieve this result. THANKS!

Judy

twm122

Olympus E-3

06/23/2005 12:38:47 PM · #2

Sent you a pm

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

06/23/2005 12:46:34 PM · #3

Most editing software have a way of adjusting hue/saturation. The tutorial covers how to do it in photoshop.

What software are you using?

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

06/23/2005 12:50:29 PM · #4

I just have a cheap Roxio, as I've lost my Adobe software CD. I got another computer and need to locate it. I wasn't ever very good at Adobe. I'd like to take a class versus just reading about it. I do better DOING and not just reading.

I think if I just emersed myself in it, I'd figure it out.

Thanks, twm for the email. I printed it and I'll try it once I find my Adobe CD.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

06/23/2005 12:55:22 PM · #5

I'm with you there. Just reading doesn't give you the practice.

Does the Roxio software have an option to adjust the colours or saturation? Does it allow you to adjust the colours separately? I know that's a far cry from having step by step instructions but playing around with your current software may help.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/23/2005 01:39:00 PM · #6

Heh! I found my old Adophe Photoshop 5.5. It's not the newest software, but it'll surely work. I played around with an image and what I found hardest was keeping the lasso line "straight" and not wobbly. Any tricks to that??

This is fun and thanks for the tips.

Judy

PollyBean

Canon EOS-5D

06/23/2005 01:42:46 PM · #7

Originally posted by Jutilda:

To minimise the wobblies when I select I zoom in alot and take it slowly. I find my pen and tablet are perfect for this kind of editing, much easier than a mouse! :)

P

rex

Canon PowerShot SD780

06/23/2005 02:03:10 PM · #8

Try this also:

//www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=25

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/23/2005 06:23:57 PM · #9

Thanks. I printed out the tutorial and I'll study and practice it. I did manage to do one saturation and I'll add it to my portfolio and you'll know which one it is.

hee hee

J

aboutimage

Canon EOS-30D

06/23/2005 06:41:53 PM · #10

I haven't checked out any of the tutorials mentioned by some of the posters here, so I apologize in advance if my advice is a duplicate of something already posted:

First, an example of what I believe you are asking about: Magic Leaves

My preference: Don't use any selection tools. It's far too much work to get a really good selection mask, and you may find a mistake made early on in the selection process forces you to start all over. Instead, use the pen tool. It will create a vector object, colorized with a color adjutsment layer.

How to do it:
1. Zoom in enough to feel you have control over the object you are masking, and drop the first point using the pen tool.
2. Before dropping any more points, change the opacity (yes, it will let you do it in the middle of creating the vector object) to something very low, so you can see through it the vector object to the layer you are masking.
3. Drop a point at every place where the direction of the line you are masking changes direction. Too many is better than too few.
4. Keep going until you surround the area with points. As soon as you close it off, it will create the vector object.
5. Once created, go back with the pen tool and carefully adjust any points you didn't get quite right. You can drag them around as you see fit.
6. When you're happy with the selection, CTRL+CLICK the vector mask to get a selection outline. Select the source layer and do a CTRL+J to copy the selected portion to a new layer.
7. Repeat as necessary.
8. Desaturate/modify your source layer as necessary.

aboutimage

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/23/2005 06:44:28 PM · #11

My apologies: I forgot to mention, my instructions are for Photoshop CS. The procedure should be very similar in other Photoshop versions.