how do u add color to a black n white pic like makea hat red or sumthing and leave everything black and white?

Answer 1

Depends on the software you have at your disposal.
In Photoshop, you would simply create a new empty layer on top of your original image, then paint your hat whichever colour you choose. Where you make a change is in the layer mode. By default your new layer is in "normal" mode, you click on the drop down list and select "screen" or "overlay" depending on which looks best to you and if necessary you can turn down the opacity of your painted layer so that it blends even better.

If you don't have Photoshop and don't want to spend the hundreds of dollars for it, then try using Gimp. Gimp is a free program that has many of the same features without the price.

Now for the so called photo pro ... stick to a camera, software isn't your game. No photo editing software supports "frames". It's clear to me that you meant layers, however that wouldn't be clear to everyone else.

Answer 2

First of all - Sears, Walmart, etc - doesn't employ photographers, they train monkey's to snap a photo.
---- Now, to the question -----

It's a simple process assuming you have the software for it. (the traditional way, i'll talk about below also).
1. Open photo in photo editing software (one that supports frames)
2. Duplicate background layer
3. Desaturate top layer into B&W (play with levels some to produce a better B&W)
4. Erase top layer to show the lower layer
---Note, if you want to change the color and not use the original colors, continue to step 5
5. Select background layer
6. Open up Hue / Saturation
7. Choose colorize
8. Play with sliders to produce the color you want.

If you are doing this the traditional way, you can purchase hand coloring kits that allow you to actually paint onto the photograph to produce a hand colored effect.

Answer 3

I don't know much about the software to do it, I think you'll have to rely others' questions for that.

Some digital cameras can do it without software or anything though, it's a feature called Color Accent. If you go to a camera review website you can probably find one that has it.

Answer 4

the key is in layers as said

Answer 5

Reduce the contrast and/or hue until the hat stands out more