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01/31/2006 09:38:34 AM · #1 |
I see B/W Photos with articles of clothing and flowers with bright colors,
how is that done?? and what type of program is the best to use for doing this that is not so complex...thanks for the help
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01/31/2006 09:40:41 AM · #2 |
Start with this tutorial.
There are many other ways, but this one is legal for Basic challenges. |
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01/31/2006 09:42:44 AM · #3 |
This is a pretty good tutorial on how to do this using GIMP. I imagine the steps could be replicated in photoshop but I have never tried.
//gimp.org/tutorials/Selective_Color/ |
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01/31/2006 09:43:32 AM · #4 |
I do it in photoshop 7.0
Go in and select your image. Make another layer. On that new layer, take your paintbrush and paint everything you want in B&W. Then go to the layer window and on the drop down select color. It will then make it so your colored objects stand out. Then zoom in to actual size and clean it up using the eraser to make the areas colored and the paintbrush to make areas B&W. When you are all done, merge images. And wah-lah.
If you need anymore help, let me know and I can do a tutorial for ya. Lor
*edit - grrrrr you guys beat me to it! LoL
Message edited by author 2006-01-31 09:44:02.
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01/31/2006 10:17:27 AM · #5 |
Ok.... I did a quick tutorial on this. It's nothing really fancy... but this is how I learned how to do it.
My tutorial
Short and sweet :)
Message edited by author 2006-01-31 10:24:44.
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01/31/2006 10:34:40 AM · #6 |
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
I have been trying to figure out how to do that for about a week!! Your "short and sweet" tutorial did it for me in about 2 minutes!!!!
Thanks for taking the time to lay out the steps.
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01/31/2006 10:36:48 AM · #7 |
Lorrie, I'm sure you just made a bunch of people happy with that one! Pat on the back for doing it.
Perhaps you'd like to try and get it submitted to the DPC pool of tutorials, even though it isn't legal in basic editing. |
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01/31/2006 10:45:43 AM · #8 |
thanks for the info and the quick response from all
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01/31/2006 11:00:45 AM · #9 |
one addition to Lorrie's excellent tutorial that I like to do is to apply a soft blur to the edge of the black layer to soften those very hard edges the paint brush - like a .75 pixel gaussian blur - it creates more of an anti-alias than a blur really.
FWIW
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01/31/2006 11:09:48 AM · #10 |
| uch , selective desaturation... i've seen enough of those. most of them are bad :( |
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01/31/2006 11:25:39 AM · #11 |
| I give this AN A+++++ thank you for this......i dont even want to tell you how i have been how have been coloring stuff off B&w stuff......because i didnt know how to do this.....like pics that are all black and white but the rose is red.....i spent an hour once trying color it in.......as you can see im new with PhotoShop.....but now that i exposed myself Thanks for the tips =) |
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01/31/2006 11:34:17 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by skyone:
uch , selective desaturation... i've seen enough of those. most of them are bad :( |
They can look quite wonderful with a properly processed black and white or sepia toned image.
But, he has a point. To do this right, one does need to process the b&W part of the image correctly. Learn to use the channel mixer to convert to B&W instead of just doing a desat.
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01/31/2006 11:35:01 AM · #13 |
Interesting way to do it. You learn something new everyday.
I do it by duping the layer, making it b&w (or duotone, etc) via whatever method you like. I then use a mask to paint in the color.
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01/31/2006 11:46:26 AM · #14 |
I never knew I wanted to do this! Now that I've seen how it's done...WooHoo. OK, I take pleasure in the little things.
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01/31/2006 11:48:12 AM · #15 |
Lorrie - thank you for taking the time to make that tutorial! You made it very simple for those of us still learning the basics of Photoshop. Dang, I'd been doing it the hard way all along. lol
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01/31/2006 12:47:55 PM · #16 |
I am glad it was helpful to you guys! I love doing this trick. And while I disagree that it's dumb.... I do agree that if not correctly, it looks really bad.
How do I do a tutorial on DPC for it? I would love to do one! :)
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01/31/2006 12:58:57 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by nsoroma79:
How do I do a tutorial on DPC for it? I would love to do one! :) |
I believe you open a DPChallenge - Administrative Inquiry from the contact page and attach a Word file. At least that's what I've read. Been working on some myself.
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01/31/2006 01:56:19 PM · #18 |
this is my first attempt- i know its not very neat (nor legal for challenges), but i can start to play now :) this photo is an old old one scanned in (seemed most appropriate for selective de-sat, and yes- it is me lol).
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01/31/2006 02:00:03 PM · #19 |
I've been wondering how to do this.. this thread and what has been suggested sounds easy enough. Thanks for sharing :)
Off to play in PS now :) |
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01/31/2006 02:12:29 PM · #20 |
| there are other ways i think but i selected the part of the photo i wanted to keep in color (the orginal is color), then inverted the selection and desaturated everything else :) easy enough but i have to learn to be neater with my selections |
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01/31/2006 02:23:09 PM · #21 |
FYI - these are all great techniques for starting with a color image and doing some form of selective desat.
I recently played with a tool called ReColored (free download as it is in beta right now) that allows you to take an original black and white image and, with minimal markup, add color to it. very cool.
check it out. I have no affiliation with it, just thought it was a great tool.
Dave
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01/31/2006 03:21:14 PM · #22 |
VERY nice tutorial, Lorrie! Thumbs up!
R. |
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