PhotoGuru13 Member  249 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2008 Location: Ontario, CANADA More info | Aug 18, 2008 10:38 | #1 I captured this cute farm cat, and changed it to black and white, but wanted to make his eyes colored (yellowish/green), but can't figure out how to do that? Is it complicated? Anyone using this software (Elements 6.0) know how to do this, can you give me a quick lesson? Thanks so much!  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop  39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Aug 18, 2008 11:31 | #2 Google for "Selective color Elements". "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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Peano Goldmember  1,778 posts Likes: 133 Joined Aug 2007 More info | Aug 18, 2008 11:40 | #3 PhotoGuru13 wrote in post #6130063  I captured this cute farm cat, and changed it to black and white, but wanted to make his eyes colored (yellowish/green), but can't figure out how to do that? Is it complicated? Anyone using this software (Elements 6.0) know how to do this, can you give me a quick lesson? Thanks so much! Since Elements doesn't have layer masks, here's a simple way to add color to the gray scale image.  2. Hit Ctrl-I to fill the hue/sat mask with black. All the color will disappear. 3. Paint with white on the eyes. This will "punch holes" in the mask and reveal the color just on the eyes. After that, you can open the hue/sat dialog box and re-adjust hue and saturation to fine tune the color.  ---
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Aug 18, 2008 17:14 | #4 Thanks, I tried to use the second method (Peano's reply), but it didn't work. Is elements really complicated or is it just me? I have had the software for a couple weeks, and I'm trying to find a book or CD to figure this all out. I might just return the software, and go with something more for amateurs!
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tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Aug 18, 2008 17:23 | #5 It's very, very simple. Select what you want to be color, control-J to copy to a new layer, then make the background B&W using whatever method you like (I use adjustment layers). Turn down the opacity of the color layer to make it blend in a bit of you want. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
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RenéDamkot Cream of the Crop 39,856 posts Likes: 8 Joined Feb 2005 Location: enschede, netherlands More info | Aug 18, 2008 17:59 | #6 PhotoGuru13 wrote in post #6132685 Thanks, I tried to use the second method (Peano's reply), but it didn't work What / how didn't it work? "I think the idea of art kills creativity" - Douglas Adams
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Peano Goldmember 1,778 posts Likes: 133 Joined Aug 2007 More info | Aug 18, 2008 18:01 | #7 PhotoGuru13 wrote in post #6132685 Is elements really complicated or is it just me? It's a bit of both, I would wager. ---
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