How to? Photo's when every thing is B|W except for a highlighted part?

[alfa147x]

I'v seen pictures when every thing is in black in white except for one part, for example, when a little girl is holding a flower and every thing is B\W except the rose... any idea on how to?

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Use a layer mask or a marquee tool to carefully select the object that you want to keep colored. Invert the selection and convert the inverted selection to B&W. Or selectively desaturate the colors that you don't want. The latter works really well for subjects with uniformly colored backgrounds.

http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/photos/82843803-L.jpg

In this photo the background was almost all green and yellow, so all I had to do was selectively desaturate the green and yellow channels.

 

[PowerRanger]

I use the layer mask and brush on/off method.

 

[OdiN]

Convert the entire photo to B&W as you like it.

Then use your history brush, select the state that is in color and then paint the color back into whatever you want. That's how I do it.

 

[PELarson]

Try Picasa form Google. It has a effect labelled Focal B&W which should do the trick.

 

[troytime]

as everyone said, there's a dozen ways to do it

as no one said, there's a million ways to over-do it.
the effect seems really cliche-like to me

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: troytime
as everyone said, there's a dozen ways to do it

as no one said, there's a million ways to over-do it.
the effect seems really cliche-like to me

If overused, yes. But there are good situations to use it in.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Convert the entire photo to B&W as you like it.

Then use your history brush, select the state that is in color and then paint the color back into whatever you want. That's how I do it.

This one was by far the easiest thanks a lot!

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: troytime
as everyone said, there's a dozen ways to do it

as no one said, there's a million ways to over-do it.
the effect seems really cliche-like to me

If overused, yes. But there are good situations to use it in.

yes ture i agree but the mother is a teacher and she wanted a few photographs for her class room like that, Thanks

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Use a layer mask or a marquee tool to carefully select the object that you want to keep colored. Invert the selection and convert the inverted selection to B&W. Or selectively desaturate the colors that you don't want. The latter works really well for subjects with uniformly colored backgrounds.

http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/photos/82843803-L.jpg

In this photo the background was almost all green and yellow, so all I had to do was selectively desaturate the green and yellow channels.

With this method it may also help to feather the selection slightly, so that you don't have such a stark contrast between where it starts/stops...depends on the photo.