Color in black and white picture

[Nick F]

I have an image I think would work well with the main subject keeping its color and the rest of the image being turned into black and white.

How would I go about this using Photshop CS2?

[Nick F]

Found out cheers

Copy the image as a layer and overlay on the original image. Select the bottom image and either convert it to B&W/mono or reduce the saturation until you're happy. Switch to the top image and erase the area around the subject that you want to keep in colour.

[xolotl]

There is an even easier way. Simply convert to B&W then use the History brush to colour back in the bits you want.

[Koolpc]

Very impressive! Looks great.

[Steve B]

nice going Nick, have u put it on ur deviant art site yet?

[Nick F]

nice going Nick, have u put it on ur deviant art site yet?

Yeap. Larger version there.

[leeglf]

looking good!

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[Nick F]

Here is another one.



Larger version avaliable on my deviantArt site.

[Bobster]

i'd use the channel mixer as an adjustment layer and then use a layer mask for maximum control..

[Syd]

Love the Strawberries shot !

[Tomahawk]

Very nice images..! They look awesome, the second really draws you in, to look closer at the image itself.

[Nick F]

Thanks for all the feedback, this afternoon I will more examples to deviantArt

[GDVS]

Like the strawbs, always wanted to try this and never knew how

[Funkstar]

nice work there Nick