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Photo Editing: Color Isolation

This easy photoshop tutorial will explain how you get isolated colors in a B&W photograph..

Open a photograph and apply New Adjustment layer - Saturation by clicking on layer -> new adjustment layer -> hue/saturation

Enter -100 for the saturation value, to get a B&W picture.

Use your brush, and make sure you’ve got your black for the foreground

Go to layer pallete, and click on the color adjustment layer.

Start using your brush to get the effect you want…

That’s it, you’re done! Here’s what I come up with..

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8 Responses to “Photo Editing: Color Isolation”

  1. mathesonmd Says:
    November 1st, 2005 at 8:58 pm

    You missed the “add a layer mask step” that would leave some newbies confused.

  2. vicky Says:
    November 1st, 2005 at 11:14 pm

    He doesn’t need to write “add a layer mask”, because he’s written “add an adjustment layer”.

  3. Ste Says:
    November 2nd, 2005 at 3:11 am

    In response to mathesonmd’s comment:

    Adjustment layers always have a ‘reveal all’ layer mask applied to them when they are created, but I can see where you were coming from.

  4. Error Says:
    November 12th, 2005 at 10:30 am

    Yep, as mathesonmd said, it has indeed left some newbies confused. I still don’t understand what you mean by “Go to layer pallete, and click on the color adjustment layer.” =\

  5. Error Says:
    November 12th, 2005 at 10:47 am

    Nvmd. I realized what I was doing wrong. I spent 40 minutes figuring out my mistake but in the end it was worth it cuz I learnt something new. =)

  6. JavaKing Says:
    November 14th, 2005 at 8:25 am

    Excellent tutorial. Worked the first time for me and I see many, many uses for it!

    Great Job!!

    JK

  7. lynnsey Says:
    December 4th, 2005 at 4:35 am

    okay, so this doesn’t make any sense.
    when i go to new adjustment layer, what do i do right after that?
    you forgot steps

  8. Mike Says:
    December 31st, 2005 at 12:46 pm

    The tutorial is fine. This is an incredibly easy effect. All you do is add the saturation adjustment layer, choose -100 for the saturation, and start to draw in black. Where you draw is where the color comes back. Simple.