How do you make the whole picture black and white, then the main thing in the picture color?

Question

i want to know..

Answer 1

Here is an easy to follow, simple tutorial I created for use with the completely free program Gimp 2.4.6 to create an image with black, white, and color:

http://www.esnips.com/doc/9befa3b4-d73d-...

Get the Gimp at: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.h...

Answer 2

online:

you can use http://www.picnik.com

* upload image

* click the "create" tab

* click "black and white"

* "paint" the colored area you want

Video for picnik:

http://flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/249...

in photoshop:

http://digital-photography-school.com/bl...

in GIMP

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Selective_...

Answer 3

I love that effect! Photoshop is definitely the answer as the gentleman above me explained but newer small point and shoot Canon cameras also have a similar color effect where you can choose one color such as blue and everything but blue will be B&W. Not as cool, but if you are in the market and don't like photoshop it's a possibility!  

Answer 4

Pop your image into photoshop, get the magnetic lasso and roughly outline the area you want to be in color then hit q then erase and fine tune the edges. then right click and go layer via copy, go back to the original layer and hit image>>  mode >> adjustment  >> grayscale and your done!