does anyone know how to get this effect??

02/24/2006 05:48:17 AM · #1

Does anyone know how to do this? I'm sure it's done with layers, but I've been messing around for a while and haven't been able to figure it out.

Thanks!

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02/24/2006 05:49:20 AM · #2

Originally posted by Mulder:

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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

02/24/2006 05:50:33 AM · #3

thank you for linking!

smilebig4me1x

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

02/24/2006 05:59:05 AM · #4

You could try to PM/email the photographer and ask them. If they are nice and willing to share the technique/steps they will. If you want to know something try the source first* Its what I do* ~~Cher~~ :o)

02/24/2006 06:02:40 AM · #5

I tried..she doesn't use PS, so she said she didn't know any of the terms, and just told me to use layers and saturation...I didn't want to bug her too much...so I came to you! haha

02/24/2006 06:04:17 AM · #6

No problem.

It looks pretty simple. Probably several ways to do it. Here's one possible way:
Start with the bw image
mask off 2 boxes where you want them
Adjust color (CTRL+B) and adjust to color you want
add borders

edit to add example:

Message edited by author 2006-02-24 06:07:50.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/24/2006 06:23:54 AM · #7

that's amazing! hah, I'm pretty new with advanced PS stuff...how do you select the boxes to change the color?

sorry if my lack of knowlege is frustrating

front_element

Nikon D700

02/24/2006 06:48:38 AM · #8

Originally posted by Mulder:

that's amazing! hah, I'm pretty new with advanced PS stuff...how do you select the boxes to change the color?

Easiest way to do this is have a different layer for all the images and the frame:

Create new layer, then make frame from filled white areas

Drag or paste each image into the image and resize each layer (CTRL T and hold SHIFT to retain aspect ratio)

The color can be achieved by Hue/Sat 'colorize'

Save as a .PSD to retain layers, then flatten and save again as a .JPG so you can send it in for us to see :-)

Hope this helps.

02/24/2006 06:51:50 AM · #9

no prob -

You can use guides to line up where you want the sections:

If your rulers are turned on (CTRL+R), you can just click & drag the cursor from the left ruler to create a vertical guide, then drag one down from the top ruler for a horizontal guide.

Once the guides are there, select the rectangular mask and it should snap to the guides and the extents of the image. Mask (make a box) one rectangle, then hold down SHIFT and mask the other.

Then do the color balance. If your image is grayscale, you will need to convert to RGB first (Image | Mode | RGB Color).

02/24/2006 07:00:50 AM · #10

thanks for all your help!! I'm headed to bed now though, so I'll try it first thing when I wake up and let you know how it worked.

thanks again!

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF

02/24/2006 07:09:35 AM · #11

Originally posted by Mulder:

thanks for all your help!! I'm headed to bed now though, so I'll try it first thing when I wake up and let you know how it worked.

thanks again!

Bed?? Oh nonononooo. I want to see some progress here. Did the Germans quit when they bombed Pearl Harbor??!

;-) later.

pawdrix

Nikon D700

02/24/2006 07:12:51 AM · #12

I used the ruler guides to help crop even sections and then used "edit>fill" to fill in a white background color. Then post-processed each segment seperatley. Took less than 5 minutes.

....and then I sold it for $35,000

Message edited by author 2006-02-24 07:20:29.

Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

02/24/2006 07:20:22 AM · #13

Originally posted by pawdrix:

....and then I sold it for $35,000

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

02/24/2006 10:51:17 AM · #14

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Did the Germans quit when they bombed Pearl Harbor??!

Huh?

:)

Pedro

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

02/24/2006 11:01:16 AM · #15

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Mulder:
thanks for all your help!! I'm headed to bed now though, so I'll try it first thing when I wake up and let you know how it worked.

thanks again!

Bed?? Oh nonononooo. I want to see some progress here. Did the Germans quit when they bombed Pearl Harbor??!

;-) later.

hell no!

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

02/24/2006 11:17:51 AM · #16

I'd approach it a little differently;

1. Open the original image, convert to B/W and adjust as needed.
2. "select all", "Copy", Open new image with white BG (the dimensions will be the same as the copied image).
3. Go back to the first image and drag guidelines (4 each horizontally and vertically) to define the gutters and, by extension, the rectangles beween them.
4. Use the rectangular marquee tool to select each rectangle in turn, copy it, and paste it in the white document. It will paste in exactly where it was in the original. Do this first with the ones you want B/W and then with the ones you want colorized.
5. In the new document, which now has 4 sections of image and white gutters between, merge the two ?b/W layers into one, and the two to-be-colored layers into one; you now have a BG layer and two content layers.

At this point you can select the to-be-colorized layer, load its mask by choosing "select/load selection/layer mask" and do your colorizing on the spot.

If you want the image to have a white border all around without cropping it, in step 1 above you'd increase canvas size the right amount to generate that white border BEFORE "selecting all" and making the new, white canvas on which to paste.

R.
5.

Artifacts

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

02/24/2006 12:53:42 PM · #17

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

It looks pretty simple. Probably several ways to do it. Here's one possible way:
Start with the bw image
mask off 2 boxes where you want them
Adjust color (CTRL+B) and adjust to color you want
add borders

edit to add example:

Nice method... no fuss, no muss.

Thanks!