TUTORIAL: Selective Colour Snapshot

[MrG]

Here is a tutorial I just wrote for someone else in another thread.

The beauty of doing it this way, is once the shape is created you have total control over it. You can move the shape around, change it's size etc whilst keeping the colour/B&W sections moving along with you.

01 Choose the rectangle vector shape, create your shape (rectangle will go black).

02 On the layers pallet, set fill to 0.

03 Right click the shape on the layers pallet and go to blending options.

04 Choose stroke and change the colour to white. Set the position to inside (to give you a nice edge) and the size to 10.

05 You could add a drop shadow here too.

06 Click OK.

07 Free transform the shape (CTRL+T) and rotate how you like it.

08 Choose the Polygonal tool and do a selection WITHIN the white area you just created.

09 Go to the adjustment layer icon and choose Hue and Saturation. Move the saturation slider all the way to the left and set the lightness to +30.

10 Click on the layer mask thumbnail then invert (CTRL+I).

11 Select top two layers and then click the link layers thumbnail at the bottom.

[MaggieT]

And another way would be to create a selectiion around the items you wish to remain colour, copy, deselect.

In adustments, Hue Saturation and set saturation to 0 creating a b&w image.

Paste the colour bit back into the image, stroke drop shadow etc and there you have the same thing done in a different way.

[MrG]

^ But then you can't move the shape around as the colour bit is not attached to the shape.

[chrishoggy]

Here is a slightly different way:
1/ Add B/W adjustment layer
2/ Draw your shape/frame in the mask, in black.
3/ move the shape about as you want with free transform.

You can also use blending options and actions to add frame effects etc :snap2:

[MrG]

I don't see how that works in the same way.

Can you move the shape around with the colour part inside the shape?

I learnt my method from a Photoshop convention ... so if this actually works in 3 steps, then great!

[chrishoggy]

It works in exactly the same way, and you can move, distort, resize and add effects to your frame. Problem with photoshop conventions is, they like to show what they can do, rather than the easiest methods :icon_nice
quick example below:grin:

[chrishoggy]

I've uploaded the psd file, so you can see it in action, and how it works.
http://chrishoggy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DSCF0709copy.psd

All ya do to move your frame is click on Marquee tool, highlight the mask in B/W adjustment layer, and right click inside your frame and select free transform ;)c

[fishes]

do we really want to be encouraging this sort of behaviour :blum2:

I think not ;)

just kidding, I'm getting better with photoshop but need to practice

[Ade]

Didn't realise there was anyone left that actually thinks selective colour looks good! Yuueeccckkkk.....

[fishes]

don't sit on thefence Ade, say what you think!

[chrishoggy]

Come on Ade, you know you love it really :yahoo:
PS: That method I posted can be used for so many different effects to highlight a part of an image, it's just simple masking;)c

[Dotty.c]

Didn't realise there was anyone left that actually thinks selective colour looks good! Yuueeccckkkk.....

yep there are people out there who still request it, just done 1. :icon_nono

[mogawowo]

it pains me to see it ;)