How to you get this half black and white half colored photo effect? (i have picture examples)?

Question

Is it an effect on the camera? Or can you do it on photoshop or something?

Here is a picture example so you know what I'm talking about:

http://i35.tinypic.com/11uhws4.jpg

Answer 1

This is asked about 50 times a day on here. Here is the Photoshop procedure, but it can be done the same way in GIMP.

As is true of many procedures in Photoshop, there are several ways of doing selective color. This is a quick and easy method.

First open your photo in the photo editor of course.

Then go to Layer - Duplicate Layer

Click OK

Then go to Image - Adjustments - Hue / Saturation

Drag the Saturation slider all the way to the left to make the photo black and white.

Click OK

Then get the ERASER tool from the tool box on the left side of the screen. It is usually the next tool under the clone stamp tool. Just hover your mouse over the tool, and it will say Eraser.

When you have selected the Eraser, go up to the Brush options box at the top of the screen, and click on the downfacing arrow. Set the Hardness of the brush to 100% so you will have accurate control of selection. You may also need to raise or lower the brush size to suit.

Erase away any black and white from where you want the color to be revealed.

When done go to

Layer - Flatten Image

Then just do a Save As to wherever you want to save the photo.

hope this helps you

steve

Answer 2

You mean this overused, crappy effect?

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Answer 3

Yeah you can do it on photoshop.. But you can also do it on picnik which is in a way easier.

1. go to picnik.com

2.make an account

3.upload a photo

4. go to the create tab

5.click on black and white

6.click a color on the pallet then paint the parts you want color

7. save

Answer 4

Today's digital cameras are capable of amazing things, but I'd be surprised if this was an effect done within a camera. It was probably done with photo editing software like Photoshop, PaintShopPro, the GIMP, etc.

Answer 5

If you use gimp (www.gimp.org), mask out the zone you'll have in gray scale and use color ->gray scale.