Thread: how do u photoshop ur pics?

so that its black and white but with 1 thing in color?

i think you basically cut out the one thing you want in colour and transfer it to another LAYER. Next, go back to the original and convert it to black and white. Then just merge the two layers.

I see so many questions like this, im going to go home and try out my suggestion. I'll let you know how it works !!

You can use GIMP for selective coloring. It is free to download.

http://gimp.org

Here is the procedure:

http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SelectiveColorization/

Here is another method that is somewhat easier than the GIMP tutorial referenced above. This is written as pertains to Photoshop, but the same procedure should work in GIMP with possibly some slight changes in tool names.

First open your photo in your editing program..

Then go to Layer - Duplicate Layer

Click OK

Then go to Image - Adjustments - Hue / Saturation

Drag the Saturation slider all the way to the left to make the photo black and white.

Click OK

Then get the ERASER tool from the tool box on the left side of the screen. It is usually the next tool under the clone stamp tool. Just hover your mouse over the tool, and it will say Eraser.

When you have selected the Eraser, go up to the Brush options box at the top of the screen, and click on the downfacing arrow. Set the Hardness of the brush to 100% so you will have accurate control of selection. You may also need to raise or lower the brush size to suit.

Erase away any black and white from where you want the color to be revealed.

When done go to
Layer - Flatten Image

Then just do a Save As to wherever you want to save the photo.

steve