does anyone know how to do this?

[vlmitchell1]

I want to do this to a photo, but I have photoshop elements and don't know if I can w/ that program, and I don't know how. Any help is very appreciated.

[harrypalmer044]

Can you show us the image you would like to achieve this effect with ?
I may be able to help you as I too use elements.
I hope I can help.
David.

[AoxoA]

Try looking at your channels for the selection areas. Adjustments to individual channels can give you masks in this vein. At least as a jumping off point.

AoxoA

[Nicole]

Should be pretty easy in Elements. I did it using this picture by gotplaid? (licensed with Creative Commons):



The result was this:



So, to get there it's just a matter of a few steps (I had a look online to see what steps would work best with Elements since I'm using CS4 and I didn't want to give you steps you couldn't use).
1. Duplicate your original layer. On the duplicate go to Image > Adjustments > Threshold and then drag the arrow left or right to get the amount of detail that you want. This will create essentially the picture you're looking for, but it will be in B&W.
2. Now, to change the colours you can probably use the "Replace Color" function in Elements. Go to Enhance > Adjust Colors > Replace color. Then pick the color you want for the black, pick the color you want for the white, and you're done.

[vlmitchell1]

Thanks for your help but I couldn't get it to work.
I couldn't find channels on there anywhere.

ANd when I tried to do the color replaacement step it wouldn't do it b/c it said it was anadjustement layer. I could only get black and white.

[Nicole]

Any way that you can use to select the black or the white will work to replace the colours. I used "Select Color Range" but I don't think that's available in Elements. You could try the Magic Wand selection to select the black and then the white and then fill the selection with the colour.