Just another photoshop question..

[pixiedust_photo]

I am trying so hard to master this PSE 7 but its hard

My client wants a black and white photo but 1 thing to stay in color. I took pregnancy photos for her and her boyfriend and we used blue booties. So I am going to put the photo black and white but how or where do I go to put the booties back to being BLUE

THANKS IN ADVANCE!
Christine

[private]

The easiest way is to duplicate you layer - turn the top layer B/W and then use your eraser and erase the booties and the blue will show through. After that the blue may seem too blue, so you can desaturate the original layer...

[OsmosisStudios]

Do as private suggests, but use the pen tool to select the booties and inverting the selection to remove instead of using a brush or the eraser tool.

[pixiedust_photo]

I have the hardest time when having to do something like this...it is not working for me.

[private]

Can you post the photo you are working on? Maybe we can help.

[flomaster]

what I do is duplicate the layer, turn it black and white. select the "art history" brush and brush what you want to have color.


-=jason=-

[kencaleno]

Here's the easy way to do it:

- To convert to Black & White then selectively colourize

New adjustment layer> Hue/Saturation
De-saturate
F7 (or click on layer mask)
Press ”D” or"X" to get black as foreground color
Click on brush tool
Brush over parts to colourize
Flatten/Save

Regards, Ken

[fletch]

You can also use a hue and saturation layer to only desaturate certain colours in the shot. This would leave all blue in the photo which would be an interesting effect.