Things You'll Need:
- Computer
- Photoshop
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Step 1
Open a black and white image file in Photoshop. You may do this different ways. Drag the picture file into the Photoshop icon on your desktop, then release the left button on your mouse. Photoshop will open, displaying the picture contained by the file. You can also open Photoshop and let it load its program, then click on the file menu in Photoshop. In the file menu, select "Open". Browse to find the file on your computer that you wish to open in Photoshop.
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Step 2
From the toolbox pane on the left side of the Photoshop interface, select the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Just click once to switch the mouse pointer to the lasso tool.
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Step 3
Position your lasso tool over a top corner of the picture. Select the black and white picture with the Polygonal Lasso Tool by holding down the left button on your mouse, and then drag the selection lines around the picture. Release the mouse button and your picture is enveloped and ready for any changes you would like to make to it. So is the general area within the picture. If you wanted to select the specific outline of the picture, for example a person's silhouette, then you would select the magnetic lasso tool from the same icon box, but you would hold down the mouse button to open the fly-out menu. In the fly-out menu you can select the magnetic lasso tool for more detailed selection.
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Step 4
Click on the Image drop down list, and then point to Adjustments. Select Hue/Saturation by clicking on it with your mouse.
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Step 5
Adjust the Hue and saturation to add some color to the picture. To do this, just slide the hue/saturation scrollbar to the desired effect. You will see a preview of the image in the preview window as you adjust the hue/saturation of the image.
