Need Help With Photoshop

[RossMcd]

well i have just downloaded photoshop and i need help with getting the picture black and white but with my anodised parts on my bike standing out.

does anyone know how to do it?

[Ash-Kennard]

delete your copy and go and buy it

[RossMcd]

i have got the proper copy

[James Quigley]

I think he means he wants you to pay for it, not just download it, unless of course you downloaded it from Adobe genuinely.

Anywho You have to select the bits you want kept in colour with the wand tool thingy.

It's a lenghty process/explaination so I'll let someone else tell you.

Or alternatively google Photoshop tutorials

I think he means he wants you to pay for it, not just download it, unless of course you downloaded it from Adobe genuinely.

Anywho You have to select the bits you want kept in colour with the wand tool thingy.

It's a lenghty process/explaination so I'll let someone else tell you.

Or alternatively google Photoshop tutorials

[Mat Smith!]

highlight what you want to keep coloured with the lasso tool or whatever and right click press select inverse or whatever it is cant remember but its pretty obvious, then go into image and under there its called greyscale or something, im not on ps right now and ive just got in and im freezing so this is abit shit, but its better than anyone elses atm haha, itll help you learn aswell i suppose thinking for ursen.

Matx

[RossMcd]

yea i got it from the Adobe site and it is genuine

[Revolver]

hmm

try:

go into image>adjustments

look for brightness/contrast, up the contrast mostly then the brightness to even it out

then go to image>mode greyscale

and that should do it

there's other ways too

send the picture to me, i reckn i could do it

[RossMcd]

what is ur msn and ill send it to u then

[Revolver]

disasterboy7@googlemail.com

lol, you'll need to tell me exactly what results you want

[Joe Sheehan!]

Right, you have to select the bits you want to keep coloured with the magnetic lasso and shift, then select inverse, then layer via copy. Select the new layer, right click it in the small window and i think its blending tools. then color overlay, and select colour, pick grey. Then set the opacity and youre done

[Luke Rainbird]

There are other ways too, depending on what it is you're trying to achieve.

The select > colour range (something along those lines anyway, don't have PS with me at the minute) is a pretty handy little gizmo..

[_CRED_]

Open image.

Layer > duplicate layer

Image > adjustments > desaturate

Layer > add layer mask > reveal all

Paint brush > colour black > paint where you want the coloured image

Paint brush > colour white > paint if you've gone to far, to bring back the b+w layer.

Then by selecting each layer, you've got greater control over contrast, hue and colour adjustment etc etc.

from this:

to this:

Is this the kind of thing you mean?

[Revolver]

i did it [=

post my hard work

[Charlie Jennings]

How about using a proper black and white adjustment. rather than desaturate?

Image > adjustments > black and white.

That will make your black and white actually black and white. not greyscale.

[Mark W]

Assuming he has CS3.

Regardless, greyscaling an image IS still making it black and white, it's just that with the new B+W tool in CS3 you have one tool to help you alter the contrast (Which you could do with more control by just adding a new Curves adjustment layer having greyscaled it), and set any kind of colour-tone cast you might want.

But yeah, greyscale = b+w.

[Revolver]

i used a intresting trick when i did his picture

new layer, desaturate that, then erase the new layer above the parts that he wanted to show

i fiddled with the colours after that to make them stronger

when he posts it, tell us what u reckon

[Mark W]

i used a intresting trick when i did his picture

new layer, desaturate that, then erase the new layer above the parts that he wanted to show

i fiddled with the colours after that to make them stronger

when he posts it, tell us what u reckon

Open image.

Layer > duplicate layer

Image > adjustments > desaturate

Layer > add layer mask > reveal all

Paint brush > colour black > paint where you want the coloured image

Paint brush > colour white > paint if you've gone to far, to bring back the b+w layer.

Then by selecting each layer, you've got greater control over contrast, hue and colour adjustment etc etc.

That's basically the "pro" way of doing what you did Layer masks are awesome tools, I just wish I was more capable with them

[Revolver]

lol, i'm learning photoshop at college this year

we came across layer masks in the last lesson, i forgot about those.

to be honest i dont understand em well enough yet

[br3n]

everyone does things differently, I dont ever use layer masks and I dont ever desaturate to make black+white.

There are no right/wrong ways - infact you can achieve the same thing in photoshop but get there using hundreds of different methods...

I would have duplicated the image, made one (the top layer) greyscale:

Image > Adjust > channel mixer > Tick "monochrome"

if you wanna adjust the level of greyscale/black white use: image > adjust > brightness/contrast - that way its exactly what you want...

Then i woulld have made that layer 30-50% opacity so i could see undeneith properly and brush away the areas I wanted the colour to show through.. Alternativly on the colour copy..

Select > Colour range (choose reds and adjust accordingly assuming you want red parts) and then copy those ontop of the layer...

Doesnt matter how you do it, as long as you end up where you wanna be.

[Mark W]

if you wanna adjust the level of greyscale/black white use: image > adjust > brightness/contrast - that way its exactly what you want...

Yeah, for contrast and brightness I only ever use curves adjustment layers now, just banging a gentle S-curve in it and tweaking the points 'til it looks right works better for me now, just find it gives me a bit more control. But yeah, I never use layer masks either. We've been taught all about 'em at uni, but I just don't really like using them much.

[JonMack]

I guess the reason why people like layer masks so much is cos they're non destructive, which in the long run is a plus really, you know, just incase.

[Mark W]

True, I just usually duplicate the layer I'm gonna f**k with and do it like that. So basically, a needlessly complicated version

[Krisboats]

hmm

try:

go into image>adjustments

look for brightness/contrast, up the contrast mostly then the brightness to even it out

then go to image>mode greyscale

and that should do it

there's other ways too

send the picture to me, i reckn i could do it

So you've made it black and white... what about leaving his anodised parts?

I'd just copy your image into a new layer, use select>colour range, click the parts you want and click ok, that'll select them. Copy them, paste them on a new layer, move them into place and desaturate the whole image layer behind it. Job done.

[RossMcd]

here is the finnished product

i think its pretty lush!