Selective Colouring -advice please

[moojii]

i bet its on here somewhere but i cant find the answer!!

the question is how do i change some of the picture to b and w and leave some in colour using elements??

answers on a postcard please. (but pref on here)!! :gag:

[Grendel]

There are lots of ways of doing that but the easiest is this:

Copy the background layer, make sure it is at the top of the layer stack and convert it to B&W using whatever method you prefer. Then simply erase the areas from the top layer (B&W) that you want to show in colour. Make sure you zoom in BIG when you're erasing for greater accuracy :thumbs:

[RobbieW]

I think I saw a similar post yesterday, have a search for "selective colouring" and you will find many different ways and tips.

[InaGlo]

Try here (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=32882)

[moojii]

this is doing my head in. :gag:

im a total noob. just got elements and aint really got a clue at the mo.

can somone edit this pic so the frontmost stalk of the plant is in colour and the rest is b and w?? :clap:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/moojii4woo/DSCF0098_edited.jpg

[RobbieW]

is this what you mean

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/DSCF0098_edited_copy.jpg

not the best as the original pic is quite small and working on a laptop which has a naff screen

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Hi, I have taken a screen shot of Photoshop set up to do that selective colouring so it might give you an idea.
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4731/selectivehowbi7.th.jpg (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=selectivehowbi7.jpg)

[moojii]

yup. cheers for that dude.

[buzzby]

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