Selective Coloring?

I have been wanting to learn how to do selective coloring:o. Anyone know where a tutorial on how to do it in PS?

You might start here:

http://www.photos-of-the-year.com/articles/colo​rs/

Good luck,

Dennis

I just suggest not doing it. Not to be rude.. but selective coloring is seen as lower-end now. I just don't personally like it really... I prefer high contrast, etc.

Anyway - just my opinion.

Bethany

bethany138 wrote in post #2229347
.. but selective coloring is seen as lower-end now

Really, by who? Customers with cash on the hip, or photographers with an attitude?

Firstly, hamtheman said he wants to learn how to do it. Nothing wrong with learning a technique. So long as spot colouring (or indeed any effect) is not over used its fine.

And if a customer wants a specific effect - and are prepared to pay for it, why not do what they want?

I do my selective coloring by simply creating a copy of the layer above the origional, convert it to B&W however you like then using the eraser tool to erase the top B&W layer exposing the colored layer below it. You have to be pretty savy with the tools, bt it works great with practice, and really well with a digital tablet and pen.

I very rarely do it, I don't care for it myself. But, if a client wants it then they get it.

I love spot color as do almost all professional photographers. Here is my lesson on how to do it.

http://www.eggdisk.com …38_ff8y9/Spot%2​0Color.pdf

I desaturate the image and then use the history tool brush over the area you want in color. Whatever way you decide to do it, make sure that you are working with the actual pixel size and not the 'fit on screen size' it's easy to think it looks good and then later find a spot that you miss.

Fast and easy.

Without touching the original layer.

Choose Channel Mixer, check monochrome box (lower left corner), adjust red and green slider but in theend make sure the total equals 100%.

Select Layer Mask in the channel mixer layer.

Select a soft brush from the tool brush, reduce opacity to 70-90%, select black as the fg color and white as the BG coor in the tool pallete.

Adjust size of brush using the [] keys and switch fg/bg colors w/the X key.

With Black as FG color brush over areas that you want to reveal color and use whiteas FG color to change it back to B&W.

Its that simple.

Selective color is an artistic choice.

Some one telling you not to use it is like telling an artist not to use charcoal and pastel colors together to draw. Its just nonsense.