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Osiris
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Posted: 20th Aug 2006 04:46 Edited at: 20th Aug 2006 04:49
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How do you make one thing one color and something else another in the same image?
Like make the whole thing in greyscale but leave another the same color it was.
Like the image below.

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With the GIMP




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Oddmind
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Posted: 20th Aug 2006 05:42
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select the area you want to stay, and then select inverse and desaturate.

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indi
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2006 11:59
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the best mask is the one you create yourself.

usually the path tool in photoshop would be used to create the shape. the saturation filter would indeed be a good choice once you have your selected area as oddy mentions.

trying to use magic wand in a picture above however wouldnt produce a good result for your selection tool. the range of pixels the magic wand would grab would spill into the undesired side around the babies hand.

this path technique is usually referred as deep etching, a common practice used in all those magazines / newspapers you read with products on white backgrounds etc..

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2006 12:26
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You could also take a color photograph, duplicate the layer, then greyscale the bottom layer.

Then just etch away at the top layer, leaving the BW layer underneath.

Might be more straightforward than using filters and paths and stuff for photoshop noobs.

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Osiris
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2006 21:30
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hah, thanks, I got it, you need to take one B&W pic and copy/paste it over the first one, making it a new layer, mask full white over it and use the paint brush to color away the B&W.

http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/SelectiveColorization/

Heh, found the pic, then found the tut to go along with it.

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2006 22:08 Edited at: 22nd Aug 2006 22:14
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Once you get the hang of the kiddie stuff, try taking old black and white photographs. (Like picture of your parents in highschool or something) and colourizing them. It is a bit harder.
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Osiris
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2006 00:03
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Slightly lol.

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Saikoro
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Quote: "Once you get the hang of the kiddie stuff, try taking old black and white photographs. (Like picture of your parents in highschool or something) and colourizing them. It is a bit harder"

I started doing that about a week ago, here's my first attempt It is actually pretty neat to do.


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2006 05:31 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2006 06:32
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That's pretty cool, but why did you decide to lay it out in boxes like that?
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Osiris
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2006 06:15
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Probably because its more artsy.

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Saikoro
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Lol, just figured I'd try something new. I didn't make it for an exhibition or anything like that, just to push my skills a bit, and I figured "why not?". Just practice

Here's the original, if you care to gander.


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2006 08:36 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2006 08:37
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Looks more like you just added a blue tint rather then coloured it.

Pretty cool idea though . I might take it further sometime.
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