West Geauga High School Photography Blog

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Adding A Splash Of Color To Your Photo

1. Follow all of the steps below on converting your color image to a black and white.

2. Make sure that your adjustments layer is selected in your layers pallet.


3. Using a selection tool to select the area of the photo that you want to convert to color. This will prevent you from coloring outside the lines.



















4. Select your paintbrush.


















Adjust your brush to an appropriate size. You can do this by selecting the tool as shown below or just tap the closed or open bracket on your keyboard.


















5. Be sure you are painting in black. FYI - the code for black is 00000.


6. Paint the area that you have selected.


















Once you have completed the assignment to your liking, save the image as colorspash. Be sure it is saved as a psd file.

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