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weka2000
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 16:41
Does any one have a trutorial on how to do this or a web site that does.
eenorton
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 16:45
One quick and easy way is to create a duplicate layer. Desaturate the duplicate layer. Then use the eraser tool on the duplicate layer to bring out the areas where you want color. Does that make sense?
weka2000
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 16:47
yep, I will give it a test.


Ok im stuck. have the duplicat layer with it desaturated what to I use to bring the colour through?
eenorton
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:07
Now you need your eraser tool. And then erase the areas (working on the desaturated layer) where you want the color to show through.
weka2000
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:10
Got it. Is there away to select by colour range? Magic wand
eenorton
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:12
There certainly may be... but that would be beyond my not very technical skills. :)

(Isn't it kinda late (or early) there in NZ?)
weka2000
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:14
12pm in afternoon lunch time:)
eenorton
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:16
Good thing I don't do any international work, eh?
dgcorner
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:17
Tony, I found a nice book at Whitcouls for PSCS2 -- $30.00 It might help ;-) The CS2 for Dummies (like me) is too expensive and too technical...
subtle_spectre
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:23
Got it. Is there away to select by colour range? Magic wand

Sure...make a duplicate copy of the entire layer first...just in case. Then magic wand the area or color you want. Then, while that area is selcted, just desat or whatever it is you do to make it BW. Voila!
mknabster
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:32
I love doing selective coloring. This is how i do it: I put a gradient map over the image, and select the b/w color selection. It'll show up on the screen in b/w, then I select the brush tool, pick the color to black, then drag it over the part of the picture where i want the color to show through. Then i flatten the image and that's it. Here's an example of one of my works:
10102668
11th of March 2006 (Sat), 17:55
I prefer using color replacement tool
PhotosGuy
12th of March 2006 (Sun), 09:25
Take a look at Layer Masks for a non-destructive method to make changes:
Layer Masks:
Dynamic range question...
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=135097
RAitch Tutorial - Burn and Dodge with a Layer
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=810581#post810581
Tutorial - Create a layer mask from image detail
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=100077
Masks - Lightening
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=977235#post977235
Another example using Masks (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=108256) is

here.

Russell Brown Tips & Techniques: Advanced Masking
http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
Scottes: Tutorial: Masking for Noise Reduction (Big!)
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=48929