How to Use Selective Coloring in Photoshop

Learn how to take a color photo and turn it to a black and white one. And only making what you want to be in color.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• All you need is the photoshop program.

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   1. You obviously start with a colored image and choose what portion of it you want to keep in color

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   2. Now copy the background layer, you can do this by just dragging and dropping it to the create a new layer icon as shown below

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   3. Convert the picture in the top layer to monochrome"1". There are so many ways to do so, probably the most well known is using the "channel mixer", however for this tutorial I will just use the desaturate tool by typing Control+Shift+U

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   4. Now add a layer mask for the top layer, this can be done by simply clicking the button shown below

5. 5. Zoom in the area you want to have in color, select the "layer mask" you have created.

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   6. Now select the Brush tool, and choose Black as a foreground color. The brush size will depend greatly on the area you are about to paint, but make sure to set the hardness to 100%. Paint carefully on the layer mask in black all the areas you want to reveal.

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   7. That's pretty much it. Finish coloring in all the areas you wish to only be in color and sharpen to your taste if you wish. Enjoy!