B&W Photo W/ Color

[Thomas Rooney]

I am new to the software, and I didn't see this in the manual, but is there anyway to put a B&W filter over a picture, and them remove the filter in a portion of the picture so you can see the color within the B&W picture?
Can the software do this? Can the full Photoshop do it?

[Elena Murphy]

You probably get a TON of suggestions! Mine is a quick and dirty one...not necessarily the best. Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to the image and bring the saturation all the way down to make it b/w. Then, use the eraser tool on the H/S layer (click on the thumbnail first) and erase where you want color to be.

[Richard Coencas]

Another quick and dirty solution that will do the same thing. Select the portion you want to be in color. Go to Select>Inverse. Go to Enhance>adjust color>remove color. The image will be desaturated except for the one portion that remains in color.

Rich

[Peter Duniho]

"Richard Coencas" <rcoencas@adobe.com> wrote in message
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> [...] Select the portion you want to be in color.
> Go to Select>Inverse. Go to Enhance>adjust color>remove color.
> The image will be desaturated except for the one portion
> that remains in color.

Keeping in mind, of course, that "Remove Color" may or may not have the
effect you want. Per the previous long thread about converting from color
to black-and-white. :)

Pete

[Chuck Snyder]

Pete, to address the concern about black-and-white rendition, a better
choice would be to add a gradient map adjustment layer (black-to-white) and
paint with black on the layer mask where you want to color to appear. I
think we concluded that the gradient map gave a b/w tonality that's closer
to the grayscale conversion than the remove color or hue/saturation
adjustment layer....?

Chuck

[imacgirl]

Thomas,

Here's another very handy technique, not exactly what you're looking for but this one is for painting away color to leave black & white.

Open your color image. Duplicate the original layer in the layers palette (always work on a duplicate layer). Set the foreground color to black. Click on the Brush Tool and now switch the 'Blending Mode' (found up in the options bar or at the top of your layers palette) from Normal to Color. Choose the brush size you desire and you'll be able to paint away the color where you choose to black & white.

Barb

[Thomas Rooney]

Thank you very much for all of the techniques. I am definately going to try them all tonight. Thanks again.

Tom

[Peter Duniho]

"Chuck Snyder" <csnyder@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Pete, to address the concern about black-and-white rendition, a better
> choice would be to add a gradient map adjustment layer (black-to-white)

and

> paint with black on the layer mask where you want to color to appear. I
> think we concluded that the gradient map gave a b/w tonality that's

closer

> to the grayscale conversion than the remove color or hue/saturation
> adjustment layer....?

Yes, we did. :) I was just pointing out the limitations of the suggested
technique.

Of course, the technique of converting to Grayscale mode is the most
reliable, IMHO, as long as one just wants to simulate what taking the exact
photo with black and white film would do.

With respect to the question asked here, the way to do that would be to
select what one wants to be in black and white (using the technique already
described), cut it to another layer, use that layer to create a new image,
convert that new image to Grayscale, then paste the results back into the
original image (removing, of course, the colored version of the same layer).

You can, of course, accomplish *almost* the same thing using the gradient
map, but even that doesn't do exactly the right thing. Cutting/pasting back
and forth between two images is kind of a pain, but it does do the right
thing, with no fiddling on the user's part.

Pete

[Leen Koper]

Sometimes it is very nice to use the layer technique with the monochrome image on top (it doesnot always have to be B&W) and erase the top layer with a low setting of the eraser tool. I used this technique recently and started with the eraser tool at 7% and made small circles around the part I wanted to be in colour and I increased the setting the closer I came to the subject. On the subject I applied 100 % This way the colour seems to radiate from the subject.
Sometimes this is very nice on wedding pictures.

Leen

[Schraven Robert]

Leen,

Doesn't that require a steady hand and accuracy?
The moment you overlap your brush the 7% becomes 14%(?) thus showing more colour.
Or am I exaggerating?

I believe you that the effect is stunning.

Robert