how can you edit a black and white photo to have a color object?

Question

I am trying to edit a photo of a baby on a stack of white towels. She has a bow on her back and I would like to keep the photo black and white but make the bow pale pink....how do I do that?

Answer 1

Here's how to do it in photoshop.

Open the original photo
Select all (ctrl - a)
Copy (ctrl - c)
Open new document (ctrl-n)
Paste into the new document (ctrl-v)

Now you have two identical pics.

The next step is to strip the color out of the copy.

From the menu bar select "image" - "Mode" - "greyscale"

This will strip the color form the copy.

Select all (ctrl-a)
copy (ctrl-c)
Click on the original image
paste (ctrl-v)

Now you have a b/w layer over the color layer

Select the eraser and erase the parts that you want to be in color. What you are doing is erasing the b/w image and allowing the color image to show through.

Answer 2

You are going to photoshop and you create a new layer! Then you paint the area you like with an airbrush tool. Then you check the multiply, overlay, hard light, and soft light options (as many options as you can). You can also "play" with the opacity and get the results you want. You will convert first the image in RGB format! Save as... and you are done!