{"id":447,"date":"2012-10-02T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=447"},"modified":"2019-04-13T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T16:59:19","slug":"selective-coloring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/selective-coloring\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective Coloring Effect In Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside><style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 30px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo effects top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-2\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2740208297\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/aside>\n<section>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll learn an easy way to create a popular <strong>selective coloring<\/strong> effect, converting a photo to black and white while leaving the main subject in full color. If that sounds complicated or time consuming, it's not. In fact, as we'll see, the entire effect can be created in just a few short steps using nothing more than a selection tool, an adjustment layer and a layer mask!<\/p>\n<p>To create the effect, we'll be using a Black &amp; White image adjustment,  first introduced in Photoshop CS3, which means you'll need Photoshop CS3 or higher to follow along. I'll be using CS5 here, but any version from CS3 on up will work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Here's the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fotolia.com\/partner\/202479569\">image<\/a> I'll be using for this tutorial:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/original-image.jpg\" alt=\"The original photo. Image licensed from Fotolia by Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"646\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original image.<\/div>\n<p>For my image, I want to leave the four Easter eggs in color while converting everything else to black and white. Here's what the final result will look like:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/photoshop-selective-coloring-effect.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop selective coloring effect. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"649\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final selective coloring effect.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside> <style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script> <\/aside>\n<aside>\n<p>This tutorial is from our <a href=\"\/photo-effects\/\" title=\"Learn Photoshop effects\">Photo Effects<\/a> series. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<section>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How To Create A Selective Coloring Effect<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Select Your Main Subject<\/h3>\n<p>Using the <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/\">selection tool<\/a> of your choice (<a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/lasso-tool\/\">Lasso Tool<\/a>, <a href=\"\/basics\/selections\/quick-selection-tool\/\">Quick Selection Tool<\/a>, <a href=\"\/basics\/pen-tool-selections\/\">Pen Tool<\/a>, etc), draw a selection outline around the main subject of your photo. In my case, since the eggs have smooth, curved edges, I'll use the Pen Tool, but of course,  your photo will be different and a different selection tool may work better. When you're done, you should see a selection outline (the marching ants) around your subject:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/select-subject.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting the main subject in the photo. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting the main subject.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Invert The Selection<\/h3>\n<p>We now have our main subject selected, but what we actually need is for everything <em>except<\/em> the main subject to be selected, which means we need to <strong>invert<\/strong> our selection. Go up to the <strong>Select<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen and choose <strong>Inverse<\/strong>. Or, for a faster way to invert a selection, just press <strong>Shift+Ctrl+I<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Shift+Command+I<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/select-inverse.gif\" alt=\"Choosing the Inverse command from the Select menu in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"220\" height=\"128\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Select > Inverse.<\/div>\n<p>You may have to look closely to notice what happened since the initial selection outline will still be around your subject, but you should now see a second selection outline  around the edges of your image. This tells us that everything in the image except  the main subject is now selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/selection-inverted.jpg\" alt=\"The selection in the image has been inverted. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"649\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after inverting the selection.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 3: Add A Black &amp; White Adjustment Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Believe it or not, we're almost done! Click on the <strong>New Adjustment Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/new-adjustment-layer-icon.gif\" alt=\"The New Adjustment Layer icon in the Layers panel in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"279\" height=\"242\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the New Adjustment Layer icon.<\/div>\n<p>Then choose <strong>Black &amp;White<\/strong> from the list of adjustment layers that appears:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/choose-black-and-white.gif\" alt=\"Choosing a Black &amp;White adjustment layer in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"198\" height=\"110\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing a Black &amp; White adjustment layer.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop adds the Black &amp;White adjustment layer, and instantly, we have our selective color effect! The photo is converted to black and white except for the main subject we selected back in Step 1 which remains in full color:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/photoshop-selective-color.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop selective color. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"649\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The initial selective coloring result.<\/div>\n<p>If we look in the Layers panel, we see what's happened. Photoshop added the Black &amp;White adjustment layer above the original image on the Background layer (which means our original full color photo is still there, completely unharmed), and our selection outline was used to define the <strong>layer mask<\/strong> for the adjustment layer. <\/p>\n<p>As we can see in the mask's <strong>preview thumbnail<\/strong>, the mask is filled almost entirely with white except for the area directly above our main subject. White areas of the mask represent  areas of the image being affected by the adjustment layer, while  black areas are not being effected, which is why everything except for our main subject now appears in black and white:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/black-white-adjustment-layer.gif\" alt=\"The Black &amp;White adjustment layer in the Layers panel. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"344\" height=\"239\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The selection outline was used to create a layer mask for the adjustment layer.<\/div>\n<p>At this point, you can either accept the Black &amp;White adjustment layer's default conversion, or you can fine-tune the results and create your own custom black and white version of the image by dragging the various <strong>color sliders<\/strong> left or right to lighten or darken different areas based on their original colors. For example, dragging the Reds slider towards the right will lighten any areas that were originally red (or had some amount of red in them). Dragging the Yellows slider to the left will darken any areas that originally had yellow in them, and so on. I cover the Black &amp;White adjustment in more detail in our <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/black-and-white-cs3\/\">Black And White Conversions In Photoshop CS3<\/a> tutorial:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/black-and-white-sliders.gif\" alt=\"The Black &amp;White image adjustment's color sliders. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"317\" height=\"301\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Lighten or darken different areas of the black and white image using the color sliders.<\/div>\n<p>If you're using Photoshop CS3, click OK in the top right corner of the Black &amp;White dialog box when you're done to close out of it. For CS4 and higher, the sliders and other options for the Black &amp;White adjustment appear in the Adjustments panel which you can leave open.<\/p>\n<p>Here, after making some adjustments with the color sliders to brighten up a few areas, is my final selective color result:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/selective-color\/photoshop-selective-coloring-effect.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop selective coloring effect. Image &copy; 2012 Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"649\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final effect.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<aside>\n<p>And there we have it! That's how to quickly add a selective coloring effect to an image with Photoshop! 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