Black & white & colour

[H100S]

Guys I know nothing about photography so excuse me if there is a correct name for this style of editing photos.

To cut the story short I have some photos of my children that I would like to have printed onto canvas for the wifes birthday.

How can I get the effect below if starting with a full colour picture?

[gingerpaul]

It's called spot colour. If you stick that in youtube there'll be 101 videos on it.

[miniman]

It's called selective colour. Easiest approach, using Photoshop, as follows:

1. Start with the original photo

2. Create a duplicate layer so that you have two identical layers, one on top of the other

3. Select the top layer and turn it black and White (simplistically - Desaturate)

4. Select the eraser tool

5. Working on the top, black and white layer, erase the bits you want to be in colour - in other words, you're revealing the colour underneath the b&w layer

[H100S]

Cheers!

[mcflurry]

miniman said:

It's called selective colour. Easiest approach, using Photoshop, as follows

Another way is to select the rose coloured dress, then use the inverse selection tool, desaturate/convert to B&W and then press CTRL-D to finish

Edited by mcflurry on Wednesday 5th October 14:18

[markmullen]

Another way is to use the HSL panel in Adobe Camera Raw and desaturate all the other colours than red

[miniman]

markmullen said:

Another way is to use the HSL panel in Adobe Camera Raw and desaturate all the other colours than red

Wouldn't that leave you with red brake lights on the car?

[markmullen]

miniman said:

Wouldn't that leave you with red brake lights on the car?

On that shot, yes.

[eightseventhree]

The other way in photoshop is to turn to b&w then use the selective undo tool to rub out the red so turning back to the origional colour

[RobDickinson]

The BEST way in photoshop is to create a B&W layer then use a mask to paint in the colour behind it.

[Dogsey]

RobDickinson said:

The BEST way in photoshop is to create a B&W layer then use a mask to paint in the colour behind it and then never do it again.

Edited to complete your sentence Rob.

[mcflurry]

gingerpaul said:

If you stick that in youtube there'll be 101 videos on it.

and 101 ways to do it in Photochop, looking at the methods above