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12/11/2007 07:03:27 PM · #1 |
Not really sure if this is a forum discussion topic or a question in itself..I am new to the digital photography world and all of the editing processes that are available to us, and I feel like a lost child...I have been viewing all of the wonderful pictures that have been posted to this site and out of all the pictures I view, the ones that really grab my attention are the black & whites that have just a small amount of colour to them ( i.e. red dress on black & white ). My question is, how is this done? I have 2 photo editing programs on my computer (Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paintshop). I have read up on some of the techniques that go with each program, yet neither has touched on this particular subject (unless I misread). I do consider myself technically inclined and can figure out just about anything that I come across, but this has stumped me..If there is anyone that would like to help me along with this, I would be greatly obliged (even just a little hint would help me).
Thank you,
Robert McLane |
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12/11/2007 07:14:26 PM · #2 |
Here is a tutorial that will start you out- Selective Desat tutorial
The technique you are talking about is called Selective Desaturation. Doing a search for that term should yield a lot of results you could browse through. :-) There are several different ways to achieve it.
Check it out, and feel free to come back with any specific questions you have.
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12/11/2007 07:44:08 PM · #3 |
| Thank you, this is a starting point that I can mess around with, even though most of my photos are landscape I guess it can still work. I will let you know how i make out.. |
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12/11/2007 07:55:33 PM · #4 |
The tutorial speaks specifically to the technique needed to do this within the Basic editing rules, which don't allow selections/masks; for that you usually need to plan in advance and have only one object in the color you want to retain.
It's much easier under the Advanced editing rules, where you can mask off and desaturate everything except the object you want in color, like a lone tree in a meadow or something. |
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12/17/2007 09:09:26 PM · #5 |
| Thank you for the help, I played around a bit with some portrait close ups, blue eyes came out the best! I still have to work on the desaturation techniques a bit more, but now I know how to do it :-) |
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12/17/2007 09:22:49 PM · #6 |
| I find a quick and easy way to this is to add a black & white layer on top of your colour layer then simply use the eraser tool over the areas you want the colour to show through. |
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