Photo editing help!?

Question

Okay so how can you take a picture from the computer and edit it so that part of the picture is black and white and some other part is still in color. I know you can use a certain camera to do it but, is there anyway to edit it with like a software/website/anything on the computer?

Help is appreciated thanks =]

Answer 1

It's not the camera, but image processing one does AFTER the shoot.  There are plenty of applications, like Photoshop, that can help the user do this.

The reason it can't be done in the camera is that there is no way the camera can "know" exactly which parts you'd want to remain in color.

Answer 2

Sure...use photoshop...its pricey but you can download a free trial...its easiest with that

Answer 3

Yes, I use Photoshop.  But there are many different brands of software for example Paint Shop Pro.  All rather expensive unfortunately.  

I don't know if there is a website you can use that has similar functions.

Find Photoshop at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/... and Paint Shop Pro at http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/u...

Answer 4

This question gets ask a bunch so I hope you don't mind that I cut and pasted the steps below from an answer I gave earlier

for photoshop elements you

Start with the color digital file

Open the photo in elements

Duplicate the background layer

Use the lasso tool to select the person in the picture or the part of the picture you want to be stay in color ( you may be able to use the magic selections tool,brush instead, if you are using the magic selector brush just paint a squiggly line around the inside of what you want to select )

Once you have selected the area go to the select menu and choose invers, now everything you did not select is selected

go to the ehance menu - adjust color and choose remove color ( or you can go to saturation and slide the saturation down to the look you like )

Deselect the area by pressing ctr-D

If your selection is not what you want delete the background copy and start over from the step where you created it

Save under a different file name

Answer 5

a lot of programmes like Photoshop, Gimp ,Paint.net etc can do this easily..