How do you make one thing in a picture COLORED, but the rest BLACK AND WHITE?

Question

I love this effect, but I don't know how to do it..
anybody know how?
what program should I use?
do you know a step - by - step process I can use?
thanx!

Answer 1

I assume you mean something like this . . .
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w71/photog1a/model10.jpg

Using photoshop or I think Photoshop Elements.
1)After opening you pic go to IMAGE and scroll down to ADJUST and then DESATURATE and click.
this will make your photo B/W

2) In the toolbar you'll choose the History Brush. It's the brush with the backwards swopping arrow. Choose the size of the brush you want, make it a fuzzy one so you make soft edges.

3) Start brushing over the places you want to color back in.

Answer 2

I wrote this to another question:

You can reduce the saturation of an image to -100 or something close to, using the "hue and saturation" adjustment layer. Then having black as the foreground color, paint or "mask" the areas you want color to show with the brush tool, on the mask layer linked to the adjustment layer. MAKE SURE THIS IS SELECTED. To erase the brush strokes revealing the color beneath, simply press "D", (this will bring white as a foreground color) and brush away. "X" sets the foreground color back to black.

There are other ways, but this is the easiest.

Please try this and let me know if it was informative, if I see other such posts, I may post a tutorial. But try it first!

Best of Luck

Answer 3

"every few days" pooky?

LOL, the exact same question was asked and answered within the past hour, and once more again within the past 24.

I'll try to give something useful to the OP here: don't overuse this effect. This is currently the "hot" thing for people just learning digital photography to do, and its horribly, horribly over-used. I'm not saying that you aren't entitled to like whatever you want, I'm just saying that moderation is a virtue. ;)

Answer 4

well a lot of programs have it.. What i've done is use the cut tool around everything you want b&w and then use the b&w effect and that should leave the thing you wanted color colored still

or look at something like this

http://www.lunapic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1776

Answer 5

This question is sure to come up every few days. Many have left really good step-by-step of what to do. May I suggest that you take a few minutes to look over previous questions / answers.

Answer 6

Is this the fourth or fifth time that very same question g=has been asked today, alone??

Answer 7

Pooky's favorite question.