Erasing some of B&W conversion in LR 3 - can it be done ?

[mikeyw]

Hi All,

Just having a look a LR3 and wondering if I can easily convert an image to B&W then erase selective areas to return them to the original colour image ie eyes.

Thanks in advance,
Mike.

 

[alexkidd]

this is illegal i'm afraid so as far as i'm aware no you can't

 

[MisterE]

this is illegal i'm afraid so as far as i'm aware no you can't

??? Illegal?

 

[ChrisJ_SLH]

??? Illegal?

Yes, he's right. Under the "Selective Colouring Act, 2010" the practice is now actually officially outlawed. Punishable by life imprisonment.

 

[Marc]

this is illegal i'm afraid so as far as i'm aware no you can't

A misunderstanding here surely?

 

[Just Dave]

this is illegal i'm afraid so as far as i'm aware no you can't

:bang:

Do a search for selective colouring in Lightroom

 

[alexkidd]

A misunderstanding here surely?

nope no mis-understanding, it would appear that only chrisj and i are well versed on photographic law

 

[tdodd]

This is only a quick edit, but here's an example showing editing of a raw file in Lightroom, simply using the local adjustment brush to paint in desaturation where needed and erase it where I desaturated in error. With more care it might do what you need.

 

[MisterE]

nope no mis-understanding, it would appear that only chrisj and i are well versed on photographic law

Ok, you're right on both counts. Sorry

 

[mikeyw]

Thanks for that - i'd hoped I could just convert to B&W and then use the erase bus but it seems that isn't possible.

Using the paint brush gives the same effect, just takes a tad longer.

 

[SummerSound]

Can't you just use the saturation sliders?

If you move the sliders for all colours (except for the eye colour) to -100, that should do it.

You might need to clean up the rest of the image a little using adjustment brushes.