selective colouring, how do you do yours

[Bolerus]

I am sure lots of us have had a go at the slective colouring thing, you knwo where you make an image black and white with one part left in colour.

I was just wondering how you do yours, and how many different way there are of doing it.

when I have done it, i have made a black and white layer and then used layer mask to remove some of the black and white layer, but im sure there is a better way than that, especially with more complicated colour areas.

discuss ! (I hope)

 

[dakid]

Do be careful about overusing this technique. Can be a bit passe these days.

When I did it (I'm proud of my cheesey piccies ), I created a black and white layer underneath and masked off the colour until all that was left was what I wanted. To speed it up though, I did use the colour range selection in Photoshop to make an initial start. You could try using a magic wand possibly for a similar effect.

 

[Gerods]

Not a big fan of this, but the easiest way I have found, is to desaturate, contrast to your liking then just use the history brush to bring back the original colour. Try it it's easy.

 

[CScottMcQueen]

Quickest way I have found in photoshop is to duplicate the layer, desaturate top layer and erase through. works for me and I can adjust the tones in the top layer to improve b/w effect.

 

[Lufbrarunner]

I'v always found the layer mask method to be the easiest overall.

 

[Garry79]

Add a monochrome Channel Mixer adjustment layer to get B&W then use it's layer mask to bring back the colour.

 

[Bolerus]

seems most people use the same method, I do liek gerods history brush aproach, I think I will have a go at that one

also I agree that the tecnique has been overdone and getting boring for people into photography BUT people who arnt into photography still love it and some of them have never even seen it before

 

[sprog]

Do be careful about overusing this technique. Can be a bit passe these days.

Amen to that. Schindler's List has a lot to answer for.

But it is easier to do than it looks, as explained above.

 

[mrgubby]

I just select the stuff I want to keep and de-sat the rest. Quick and dirty but it does the job

 

[Chloe]

I just select the stuff I want to keep and de-sat the rest.

Me too

 

[JPS]

Quickest way I have found in photoshop is to duplicate the layer, desaturate top layer and erase through. works for me and I can adjust the tones in the top layer to improve b/w effect.

This is the same method as I have used for this technique. I actually like the selective colouring effect on photos.....