BW Color Question

[ernie.grimes]

I have CS2. Please tell me the steps on how to leave say a jacket with color

and the rest of the picture in BW with using layers and a brush.

Thanks Ernie

[mendel_leisk]

You could do this with the history brush:

 

1. Open a file.

 

2. Show the history pallet if it isn't already (it's in the Window pulldown). In its options (small > in upper right corner), tick "allow non-linear history".

 

3. Desaturate the image (Image|Adjustment pulldown). You can use other methods, say channel mixer, but this is a start.

 

4. Take a History Pallet snapshot (camera icon at bottom).

 

5. Ensure the small square box to the left of the initial snapshot (full color image) at the top of the History Pallet (taken automatically when you opened the file) has the history brush symbol in it (by default it should have it).

 

6. Set your current tool to History Brush. Choose a smallish diameter.

 

6. Zoom in to the area you want to re-color and start brushing it in. Your brush is sourcing from the orig snapshot, pre-desasturate.

 

7. If you go too far when brushing in the color area, switch your history brush source to the desaturated snapshot to remedy.

[colinsouthern]

Another way ...

 

1. Make a copy of the layer by dragging it to the new layer icon

 

2. Switch off the bottom (original layer)

 

3. On the new layer, erase everything you don't want to be in colour.

 

4. Switch on your base layer - add a Hue Saturation Brightness Layer, and set Saturation to 0

 

Job Done :)

[ernie.grimes]

Thank you Mendel & Colin for your help... both methods worked very good for me.

Ernie

[patricklavoie]

wow..do you want a simple method?

 

1_apply let say a channel mixer on a layer to get your BW.

 

2_Use a brush with black on it and paint the area you want in color.

 

2 step, faster, smarter, easier : )

[mendel_leisk]

Patrick, could you elaborate on your step 2, ie: what brush, does it have a certain tool name? And how to make it black? (Be patient, I'm a PS duffer.)

[patricklavoie]

the tool brush..the only one in the tool palette...

 

use the foreground color black (the 2 square in the tool box in the bottom..normaly black and white)

 

The best thing to learn is MASK, so buy a good book that cover it fast..photoshop is not much if you dont know how to use a mask : )

[mendel_leisk]

Thanks Patrick.

 

I have Real World PS on hand, but it's been getting dusty. Will give masking a read.<div></div>