How to Create a Black and White Photo With a Touch of Color Using Paint.NET

Photo effects were once the province of a few professional photographers and retouchers. Computers and programs such as Photoshop, Gimp and Paint.NET let anyone add interesting effects to digital and scanned photos. Paint.NET is a free program for Windows that includes a variety of features found in programs such as Photoshop. One popular effect involves converting a photo to black and white except for a small bit of color.

Things You'll Need

• A Computer
• Paint.Net (free editing software)
• digital photos

Instructions

1. Download the Paint.NET program using your preferred Web browser. Run the installation program and follow the prompts to finish the installation. Start the program from the "Start" menu or using the Desktop shortcut.

2. Click and drag your photo to the white area of the open Paint.NET window. Click "Open." Click the "Lasso select" tool from the tools box. Outline the area you want to remain colored using your mouse.

3. Open the "Edit" menu and click "Invert selection." Click on the "Adjustments" button at the top of the window and click "Black and white" on the scroll down menu. Click the "Deselect" option in the Edit menu.

4. Click the "Save as" option in the File menu. Use the JPEG format to ensure portability.

Tips & Warnings

• just be creative and have fun .

References

• Paint.NET Help System

Resources

• Paint.NET Download Page