how can i achieve this kind of image? b/w w/t color

i wanna know how to get come colors acents in a black white pic. how is it achieved?
here is an example:
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Very simple in PS....Simple make a B/W layer with a mask. "Paint" away the mask on the areas you would like to have in color.

Selective Color. There's many tutorials on the web. Do you have photoshop?

First create a duplicate of the background layer (Control J)
Second, select Layer 1 and create an adjustment layer (if you have CS3 a B&W one - if CS2 a Channel Mixer one) - see image "Selective1" (on my CS3). (top image) To create an adjustment layer, select the half black/half white circle in the layers pallet. then select your required adjustment layer.


Now select D to set the foreground/background to default and press X until black is foreground. Now click on the white mask and paint over the area you want in colour.

Note that the mask is now showing black where you painted and is showing the colour from the layer beneath (in the background layer). This is like laying a white sheet over your image and cutting out holes (painting black) to show the layer below.

See "Selective2" image attached (bottom image)


In the above image I made an error. The flowers to the right are in colour and I want them B&W. Easy. Just press X to switch from black to white as foreground colour and select the white mask again. Now just paint white on the mask. Use a small brush and zoom right into the areas you are working on so you get it right.

You will end up with the image on the next post.

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And you'll end up with this

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This is a quick way and very easy to amend errors. Many will advise deleting the top layer but this is bad if you make a mistake and need to go back in the history as you can lose many minutes of work.

Adjustment layers and masks in general are very useful.

An adjustment layer is editable too. The above was created with the default B&W options. I clicked back into it by double clicking the black/white circle next to my white layer and amended the B&W defaults to make this.

I should add that I only chose this image to show the larger black areas on the mask. This is not how I would normally do this technique. The image you showed is very easy to do following this method.

Hope it helps.

JD

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i have photoshop7. i made 2 layers but after that i was totally lost.. sorry not pro at photshop

implayaz9 wrote in post #3987938
i have photoshop7. i made 2 layers but after that i was totally lost.. sorry not pro at photshop

Look on the layers pallet. At the bottom is there a black/white circle? That will add an adjustment layer of your choice. With Ps 7, try channel mixer.

When the Channel Mixer comes up, select Monochrome and then adjust your image to suit. The channels can be mixed to create different B&W images but the numbers should add up to around 100 (usually a little higher). Mine add up to around 110.

Once you click ok, click on the white mask (on the adjustment layer) and follow my instructions regards painting black (use the brush tool - press B on the keyboard).

i figured out the channel mixes but now cant seem to figure how to do the mask or kind dont get how to do the maks part

If you have created the adjustment layer, there should be a white layer in your layers pallet. Just click on that white layer to select it and paint black on it over the area you want to show in colour.

Print your screen and save it as 800 pixels on the longest edge then post it here and I'll have a look.