Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 643133" data-attributes="member: 13090">Oh I used some layers alright. In short, here's what I did...I used Ctrl+J to duplicate the Background Layer before going to Select/Color Range, Inverting the selection and converting it to B/W via the Adjustment menu as you explained.With Layer 1 as the active layer I applied a Vibrance Adjustment Layer (Vibrance 1) and boosted the graffiti colors. I went back to Layer 1 and created a second Vibrance Adjustment Layer (Vibrance 2), set the Saturation slider to (-100), applied a Black Mask and used the Brush Tool (set to White) to desaturate parts of the image, bringing them back to B/W. I had to do this because there were some small areas selected by the Color Range tool I didn't actually want colorized. While still on layer Vibrance 2 I changed the Blending Mode from Normal to Soft Light and reduced the opacity. Finally, it was back to Layer 1 (the background-copy) for some Dodging/Burning and selective Sharpening using the Sharpen Tool.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 643133, member: 13090"] Oh I used some layers alright. In short, here's what I did... I used Ctrl+J to duplicate the Background Layer before going to Select/Color Range, Inverting the selection and converting it to B/W via the Adjustment menu as you explained. With Layer 1 as the active layer I applied a Vibrance Adjustment Layer (Vibrance 1) and boosted the graffiti colors. I went back to Layer 1 and created a second Vibrance Adjustment Layer (Vibrance 2), set the Saturation slider to (-100), applied a Black Mask and used the Brush Tool (set to White) to desaturate parts of the image, bringing them back to B/W. I had to do this because there were some small areas selected by the Color Range tool I didn't actually want colorized. While still on layer Vibrance 2 I changed the Blending Mode from Normal to Soft Light and reduced the opacity. Finally, it was back to Layer 1 (the background-copy) for some Dodging/Burning and selective Sharpening using the Sharpen Tool. [/QUOTE]

Verification