how do you color splash on b/w photos

[kafb2006]

I LOVE seeing an object in color on a B/W photo. How do you do it? I have Corels Paint shop, can you do it with that software? Please help?

[jgomez65]

You can use any software that allows you to work with layers.

You basically duplicate the photo on a new layer, then turn the photo to B/W. After that, all you have to do is delete the parts that you want to show up in BW from the origininal (color) layer.

There are plenty of tutorials out there, but most of them are for Photoshop, but the process is similar for most software.

Here is one of the simpliest tutorial I have found to do this

Mono, with a Dash of Colour - Photoshop CS2 Tutorial

Good luck

[PowerPix]

That is called "selective colorization", I use Gimp and not PaintShop but you could google it for your software. It is basically like J mentioned above, all steps can pretty much work across the board as far as editing software goes. They are all very similar. Good luck.

[Murtasma]

If you want to color an image that you only have in black and white and no color original the process will be different and more involved but it's very possible.