Yo~
Wassup people~
As per my title...
I'll be starting a series of simple Photoshop lessons that you (yes, you!) can use in editing your images...
Well...
Without further ado...
Let's start the first lesson~
*note*
Enlarge the pictures to view them if needed
Today I'll be teaching you guys how to do:
Selective Coloring
This technique will help make your subject stand out more...
This is an example what a picture will look like if the selective coloring technique is applied:
Before:
After:
Looks complicated?
To be honest it's not actually...
In fact it's quite simple...
Just follow these simple steps and you should be able to do it:
1. Open your Photoshop CS3/CS4 or any other version of Photoshop.
(I'm using CS4)
2. Open your image file. (Don't need me to teach you how to open your image file right?)
3. Choose a subject that you wish to have its colors remain while the rest are in black and white. In this case mine would be the beer bottle and the cup.
4. Zoom in to an area of choice to make outlining the subject of choice easier. Hold 'Ctrl+Space Bar' and left click (hold it down as well), then drag the mouse til you see a box. (as pictured below)
5. Select the 'PEN' tool. This can be found on the toolbar on the left of the Photoshop window or you can just press 'P' on your keyboard. Also make sure that the 'Pen' tool has been selected to 'Paths' mode. (pictured below, marked by red circle)
6. Select a starting point where you want to start from by left clicking your mouse. A small square box should appear (as pictured below, marked by red circle). You will need to do this in order to select the subject.
7. Left click (don't let go of it) on a next point and drag the mouse around to get a curved line. Just left clicking alone will result in a straight line. The reason why we want to do curved lines is so that the final result won't appear rough around the corners/curved areas. Keep dragging the mouse around until you are satisfied with the outlining. (pictured below)
*note*
Read step 8 before proceeding to outline the whole subject.
8. Press and hold 'Alt' and click on the middle box. (as pictured below, marked by red circle)
Before middle box is clicked on:
After middle box is clicked:
9. Repeat step 6 and 7 until the desired subject is fully outlined. The way to tell if your subject has been fully outlined is that there are no more square boxes remaining. To fully outline your subject, just click back on the starting point where you started the outline. Make a curved line if necessary. (pictured below)
Not fully outlined subject:
Fully outlined subject: 
10. Right click on any part of the image and click on 'Make selection...'
11. A small window should appear on your screen now. Just change the settings (if required) to the same as the picture below and click 'Ok'.
12. Next, click on the 'Select' tab (found on the top of the Photoshop window) and click on 'Inverse' or you can just press and hold 'Shift+Ctrl+I' for the short cut.
13. Next, click on the 'Image' tab (found on the top of the Photoshop window), select 'Adjustments', and click on 'Black & White...' or press and hold 'Alt+Ctrl+Shift+B' for the shortcut. A window should appear for you to adjust as to how black or white a color should be. For me I like to use the 'Maximum Black' setting so that the subject stands out more. When you are done just click 'Ok'. (pictured below)
Window for custom black and white editing:
14. You are finished and ready to save your file~
(don't need me to teach you how to save a file right!)
Here are some examples as to when to use the selective coloring technique:
1. Distracting background
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
2. Bringing the focus on to a certain subject
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
3. Pictures with colorful characters in it
Before:
After:
.................................................................................................................
There we go~
Pretty simple wasn't it?
Leave a comment if you don't understand anything...
There is another way to do this actually...
Read about it here...
That's all for today folks~
Til next time~
................................................................................................................
Quote of the day:
"Experience is the best teacher of all... And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist... Only the journey matters..."
-Harry Callahan-
As per my title...
I'll be starting a series of simple Photoshop lessons that you (yes, you!) can use in editing your images...
Well...
Without further ado...
Let's start the first lesson~
*note*
Enlarge the pictures to view them if needed
Today I'll be teaching you guys how to do:
Selective Coloring
This technique will help make your subject stand out more...
This is an example what a picture will look like if the selective coloring technique is applied:
Before:
After:
Looks complicated?
To be honest it's not actually...
In fact it's quite simple...
Just follow these simple steps and you should be able to do it:
1. Open your Photoshop CS3/CS4 or any other version of Photoshop.
(I'm using CS4)
2. Open your image file. (Don't need me to teach you how to open your image file right?)
3. Choose a subject that you wish to have its colors remain while the rest are in black and white. In this case mine would be the beer bottle and the cup.
4. Zoom in to an area of choice to make outlining the subject of choice easier. Hold 'Ctrl+Space Bar' and left click (hold it down as well), then drag the mouse til you see a box. (as pictured below)
5. Select the 'PEN' tool. This can be found on the toolbar on the left of the Photoshop window or you can just press 'P' on your keyboard. Also make sure that the 'Pen' tool has been selected to 'Paths' mode. (pictured below, marked by red circle)
6. Select a starting point where you want to start from by left clicking your mouse. A small square box should appear (as pictured below, marked by red circle). You will need to do this in order to select the subject.
7. Left click (don't let go of it) on a next point and drag the mouse around to get a curved line. Just left clicking alone will result in a straight line. The reason why we want to do curved lines is so that the final result won't appear rough around the corners/curved areas. Keep dragging the mouse around until you are satisfied with the outlining. (pictured below)
*note*
Read step 8 before proceeding to outline the whole subject.
8. Press and hold 'Alt' and click on the middle box. (as pictured below, marked by red circle)
Before middle box is clicked on:
After middle box is clicked:
9. Repeat step 6 and 7 until the desired subject is fully outlined. The way to tell if your subject has been fully outlined is that there are no more square boxes remaining. To fully outline your subject, just click back on the starting point where you started the outline. Make a curved line if necessary. (pictured below)
Not fully outlined subject:
Fully outlined subject: 
10. Right click on any part of the image and click on 'Make selection...'
11. A small window should appear on your screen now. Just change the settings (if required) to the same as the picture below and click 'Ok'.
12. Next, click on the 'Select' tab (found on the top of the Photoshop window) and click on 'Inverse' or you can just press and hold 'Shift+Ctrl+I' for the short cut.
13. Next, click on the 'Image' tab (found on the top of the Photoshop window), select 'Adjustments', and click on 'Black & White...' or press and hold 'Alt+Ctrl+Shift+B' for the shortcut. A window should appear for you to adjust as to how black or white a color should be. For me I like to use the 'Maximum Black' setting so that the subject stands out more. When you are done just click 'Ok'. (pictured below)
Window for custom black and white editing:
14. You are finished and ready to save your file~
(don't need me to teach you how to save a file right!)
Here are some examples as to when to use the selective coloring technique:
1. Distracting background
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
2. Bringing the focus on to a certain subject
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
3. Pictures with colorful characters in it
Before:
After:
.................................................................................................................
There we go~
Pretty simple wasn't it?
Leave a comment if you don't understand anything...
There is another way to do this actually...
Read about it here...
That's all for today folks~
Til next time~
................................................................................................................
Quote of the day:
"Experience is the best teacher of all... And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist... Only the journey matters..."
-Harry Callahan-
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