Black n Whie Photos
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When you take a B\W photo, how do you get the main subject of a photo to be in Red or whatever colour, with the rest of the photo B\W?
Most cams have some option to shoot selective color but the better approach is to shoot normal and afterwards in post desaturate the colors you don't need. I personally prefer to do that in PS since LR is rather rough with selective colors. If you shoot RAW, there's little reason to shoot B&W.
You can also process the same shot twice, once in color, one in B&W and then blend in what you want.
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Horoscope Fish
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If you mean like this...
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That's called "Selective Color". It can be done in-camera, but I think most people probably do it in post processing. To do this in Photoshop I create a B&W layer mask and then use the Brush tool to "remove" the B&W white layer selectively which then reveals the color layer beneath it. Really simple.
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That's called "Selective Color". It can be done in-camera, but I think most people probably do it in post processing. To do this in Photoshop I create a B&W layer mask and then use the Brush tool to "remove" the B&W white layer selectively which then reveals the color layer beneath it. Really simple.
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Gonna have to try it like that Fish.
I usually just select the area I want in color, then do an inverse and do it up B&W .
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
That's the thing about PS, there's probably several ways to do just about anything.
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