Editing question

[leanne]

When making a photo black and white, how do you keep there eyes in color(blue) and which program works the best for that?
Thankyou

[jerryph]

That is called selective colouring. Photoshop does that easiest as what you do is create 2 layers. The top is B&W, the bottom colour. You fade out the top layer in specific areas by using a MASK.

[owenmorris]

Hi Leanne just a quick one in photoshop I would convert to b&w either using channel mixer or b&w preset then the easiest way is to blow picture to full size or bigger then I use history brush to colour in eyes and then if you like do a little sharpening.

Im no expert but hope it helps you on your way.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/3042608221_ed7397aa4e_o.jpg

Took about 30 seconds but if you want real good mono with selective colour take your time and experiment, most editing software has these features.

[coffee]

The easiest way I found to do this is to desaturate the photo, then use the eraser tool to erase the B&W back to color. Very easy.

[leanne]

Thankyou so much for your replies. I will give them a try.