turning part of a black & white photo to color?

Question

i was wondering if anyone knew how to make a part of a black & white photo colored using adobe photoshop 2.0? i tried to figure it out on my own but could not. if you know, could you please tell me the easiest way step by step? thank you

the photo is in color orginally. i want to turn it black & white in photoshop & keep part of it in color. i know how to turn it to black & white. what i do not know is how to colorize part of it. so you can get a general idea of what i want to do, i have a color photo of a bee on a flower. i want to keep the flower black & white & the bee in color. how would i do that? thank you so much

Answer 1

Since you named your software - thankyouverymuch - perhaps I can help you.

Start with a color photo. If you want to add color to a black and white photo, you will have to be very careful, patient and skillful with the paintbrush tool.

This is one way that you can do it in Photoshop Elements. Maybe this is helpful for other image editors as well. It would be helpful to print this out and follow along. It's easy to do, but you must do the steps in order. Perhaps your own image editor has similar commands. If not, you might want to add details or post a new question to tell us what software you will be using.

1. Open the image you wish to alter.

2. Save the image using a different name than the original name so that you don't lose your original.

3. Use any selection tool you wish to outline the object whose color you wish to preserve. The Magnetic Lasso Tool is pretty quick, but the regular Lasso Tool might be more precise.

3-A. Use the erase tool to erase any color that you do NOT wish to preserve.

4. Hit [CTRL]+[C] to copy the selection.

5. Hit [SHIFT]+[CTRL]+[N] to make a new blank layer.
(Name it if you want, but you can accept "Layer 1.")

6. Hit [CTRL]+[V] to place the selection in the blank layer.

7. Move back to the background layer by clicking on that layer in the layers palette. (on the right of your screen)

8. Hit [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[U] to remove all color.

8-A. ALTERNATE APPROACH No. 1: Hit [CTRL]+[U] and use sliders to desaturate, leaving a hint of color present.

8-B. ALTERNATE APPROACH No. 2: Use a "Convert to Black and White" utility, if your software offers this. In Photoshop Elements, the command is [ALT]+[CTRL]+[B].

9. Hit [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[E] to merge the layers.

10. Save your work.

Answer 2

Use the magnetic lasso to go carefully around the edges of the area you want to be in color. Then SELECT, FEATHER to make the edges blend. Then SELECT, INVERT so the rest of the image is selected instead. IMAGE, DESATURATE to get the color off the chosen part. You can then SELECT, INVERT again if you need to tweak the coloring in the only part still colored.

This will do most of the images. Ones with a very intricate outline (like with flyaway hair) need a more careful lasso effort or a mask to select out the region. But try this one first because it is fast and easy.

Answer 3

okay , so on photofiltre there is this thing on the right side bar (were everything is suppse to be , like the colors and stuff) that is called the polygon . its next to the open folder and under this square with these 2 blue lines you can use that outline what you want in black in white . if this isn't really clear enough , ill try&make a tutorial on youtube and send it too you .