How to Create a Black-and-White Photo With Spot Color
Today, many digital cameras offer settings that allow you to alter the reality of a photograph using filters such as black and white or sepia. However, with the use of graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop, you can take your edits one step further and turn colored photos into black-and-white pictures with a pop of color. This effect works well to accentuate a single focal point in a picture such as a solitary rose or someone's eye color.
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Instructions
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Open the image you want to work with in Photoshop by selecting "File," then "Open" then the photo you want.
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Convert the image to black and white. Click "Image," select "Adjustments" from the drop-down menu, then select "Channel Mixer."
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Check the "Monochrome" box, and set the red channel to 60 and the blue and green channels to 20. Whatever numbers you choose should add up to 100. Look at the photograph behind the channel mixer window to see what looks best on your photograph.
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Copy the monochrome photograph by pressing "Control" and "A" then copying the image using the "Control" and "C" keys.
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Open the image again in a new document, this time leaving the color intact. Paste the monochrome image on top of the colored image by pressing the "Control" and "V" keys simultaneously. This will paste the image in a new layer.
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Select the eraser tool from the tool palette, and adjust the size of the eraser by using the slider at the top of the screen. Choose a large eraser size if you are trying to make a large part of the image colored; choose a smaller brush if only a small portion of the photo will be in color.
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Erase the black-and-white layer to reveal the colored photograph in the layer underneath. To do this, simply click and drag the eraser tool while the black-and-white layer is selected. Undo any accidental eraser moves by pressing the "Control" and "Z" keys simultaneously.
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References
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