Photoshop 7 Help please!

[Liveaxlebladder]

After hanging on for years i've now sold off my film slr stuff snd am now the owner of a Nikon D40 which I'm really pleased with. However I'm trying to get the hang of Photoshop 7 and not doing too well! What I'd like to do is create a monochrome image with a small area of colour (a tree) which from what I gather involves using layers, so I convert the bottom (background) layer to grey scale and then start a new layer but I don't seem to be able to do anything with this new layer, it's shown in the layers pallet but nowhere else (i think!) could some kind person perhaps point me in the right direction please?

[GetCarter]

Liveaxlebladder said:

After hanging on for years i've now sold off my film slr stuff snd am now the owner of a Nikon D40 which I'm really pleased with. However I'm trying to get the hang of Photoshop 7 and not doing too well! What I'd like to do is create a monochrome image with a small area of colour (a tree) which from what I gather involves using layers, so I convert the bottom (background) layer to grey scale and then start a new layer but I don't seem to be able to do anything with this new layer, it's shown in the layers pallet but nowhere else (i think!) could some kind person perhaps point me in the right direction please?

Hmmm... can't remember how different 7 is... but DUPLICATE LAYER ... and then on the little layers window, make sure you have selected the new one (colour) - and also that it's not locked (padlock). Then choose the erase tool, and as you erase, the bottom (greyscale) layer should appear.


BTW You haven't really got a live axle in the Westie have you?

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 9th July 13:24

[Liveaxlebladder]

Ahh 'Duplicate' not 'new'layer Thanks for your advice thought I was missing some fairly obvious

Yes tis a liveaxle, theres some that that say that IRS is better there's some that say otherwise, me I like the feel of mine especially with the Tranex lsd in it

[Lambochick]

Another way to do it is to use the history brush. If you convert the original colour picture to black and white, you can then point the history brush back at the point where the picture was still colour and paint any area back in. This works with photos that have had multiple changes, as you can point the history brush back to any previous incarnation and paint back in areas of the photo with a look from several chnages previous.

[Liveaxlebladder]

Thanks I'll give that a try as well.