Black and White.....and Red all over

[Ade]

Dead easy, (in photoshop anyway), all I do is get the pic, make a copy of it in a new layer, make this new layer B&W by removing all the colour saturation, and then use the eraser tool to rub out the bits you want to be colour to reveal the colour layer below.


There are loads of variations tips and techniques, such as using paintbrush tool and layer masks, different eraser pressures, etc.etc, but the basic principals are, well, basic!


In fact,the best tip i can give for photoshopping things is You Tube - type in what youwant to do and someone will have posted a tutorial, this was the first one that came up when i just did exactly that;


[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COjBtg--HrY]


explained how to do it with a layermask! Millions of times easier than Help Files IMO. I always use you tube now, haven

[alex]

Thanks Ade for the tip. Now I feel pretty dumb, cause I still don

[Ade]

Way easier, it also means you dont corrupt the image, layer masks take it to the next step again, That said, Photoshop CS5 has amazing and fast selection control, use the

[Richard Lane]

Ade, Thanks for the Tips and Link. I look forward to c trying this soon.


Rich

[patham]

Taken a couple years ago in Atlanta and then photoshopped to bits.





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[alex]

yep. I like that patham. very nicely done and creative!

[Ade]

Patham, like it, but it freaks me out a bit, [], can you post it upside down, so the in focus B&W bit is at the top, it think it would add a whole new dimension, (just a thought, not a critcism)....