Photoshop combining color with black and white

[gudubhudu1987]

Thnx :)

[SAMMYisGODSbrother]

which photoshop is this? and is the teacher/student version okay for amateurs?

[FeelingSunny101]

super helpful, thanks a lot!! :D

[vakashi93]

what if its black and white from the beginning?

[fandog54]

I am very new to this stuff. The first part was not very clear to me. "Layer, layer 1 dragging..." I could not see what you were actually doing with the cursor. Dragging what to where? Hopefully I will figure it out.

[ArtisticDreams2U]

Perfect! Thanks.

[Tothedazz]

thanks!

[paulallen34]

thanks for sharing this a great help to me.

[TpAcTuKa]

1. Copy the layer

2. Make the top one b&w leave the other colorful

3. Delete the area from the b&w, that you want to be in color!

[adrnalineandroid]

I love her voice--reminds me of home x0x

Very useful tutorial!!

[800jump]

thnx for the help, u are very good.. take care =)

[DigidesignScrap]

thanks for the great tutorial

[slicemp]

Thanks dude, you really helped me out :)

[TheZwinkyVidz]

Thanks(:

[acorn96]

I've always wanted to do this and now I know how, thanks so much!

[MIZZPINKY31]

Thank you. The only one that I could follow. Thank you. Next time talk louder had to repeat a lot of times.

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[OgZerox]

Thank you very much, I'll see if i can also do it too!

[efox29]

Just a so you know, you could have actually stopped at like 0:35, and just used the layer mask that comes with the hue/sat adjustment layer and paint in black to not have the adjustment applied (ie, not desaturating them)

[tonytigrr]

The audio makes it hard to understand what you're saying.

[FelixNColon]

Excellent. Very useful info.

[Dwavard]

Fantastic tutorial :-) Helped me create a great black & White plus colour composition. Many thanks from wedding photographer wwwdotdavidclickdotcom

[jiyasvicky1]

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[AmayaElika]

thanks, I always wondered how to.

[bUblE194]

thank u!!!

<3

[Michis84]

Thank you for this , easy understanding information. You make photshop into something everyone can understand and use. Thank you again! =)

[judy4176]

Hey Snaphu you did a wonderful job on the video I loved it and it worked very good for me.............thanks again for the good work

[21ilovejonasbrothers]

what photoshop is this?

[sdutango]

is there any easier way if I use RAW file instead of manually doing this?

[mes200]

thanks that was helpful

[snaphu]

@mes200 your very welcome!

[RedCodeStudios]

what is with kids and you tube!

[quienmas25]

thanks cool

[RastaPandaax]

I can see your mouse, so it makes it difficult to see what your clicking on :\

[AHanselmann]

Thank you. This was very clear and well done.

[snaphu]

@AHanselmann thank you for the nice comment!

[lesumia]

Thanks Genius, it really worked out for me after watching so many clips.

[ecameron77]

This was very helpful thank you!

[ecameron77]

This was very helpful thank you!

[TheBritt1112]

i have a problem when we have to push merge down (at around 0:47) it changes it back to colour have i missed something ?

[snaphu]

@TheBritt1112 Make sure you have the correct later active

[snaphu]

@snaphu and make sure that the layer mask is the clicked on area

[strahinjanish]

Kako li te ne mrzi da pricas na mikrofon i da se snimas za glupi jutjub... brate.....

IN D PEDU!

[amarroquin95]

Thanx

[AHOUSE24]

After I change the saturation to -100% than go to layers. merge down is not there. what am i doing wrong??

[eznjun]

Very helpful. Thank you! 

[hippynz]

A non-destructive way is to choose 'create new fill or adjustment layer' choose 'Black & White' that creates a black and white masked layer. Use the black brush tool on the mask to expose the colour parts you want.

[ChrisJamesMorris]

You sound like an Italian-American gangster.

[xxXRISTARASxx]

thank you..good tutorial!!!

[ExoticSupercars]

Thank you very much!!! :)

[finley4545]

thx =D

[hungry06]

you sound like sandra bullock

[1cookieshortofadozen]

awesome, thank you! <3

[eliwoods]

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! *****

[xXxKeLcOpxXx]

this seemed simple enough, but didnt work for me, for some reason when i click the "layer" tab, it hasnt got layer mask? so i couldnt do any more ?

[riley675]

thats way to complicated compared to some of the other vids i saw

[snaphu]

@riley675 wow... the thing about the technique I showed you is that it is non destructive... a lot of other techniques erase parts of your images... be sure to see what it is they are having you do. I am surprised you thought that was complicated... it it was one color i wanted to remove it would have much more simple and I would have used a different method. As always in photoshop there are many ways to achieve the same goal.

[gijszaalberg]

thank you so very much!!

[snaphu]

@gijszaalberg your very welcome!

[fiskenbolle]

Thanks! Helped a lot!

[03blasse]

@SandinX

[iPs3master]

nice tnx

[MSVlogSupport]

WOW that was cool!!

[michelle260807]

thank you very much managed to create my image :)

[kuhjunge16]

Which photoshop version is this?

[snaphu]

@kuhjunge16 cs3

[joey337]

Hi there,

Thanks for putting this up, but I had a problem with the steps. When I made a mistake in putting the color back into the photo while it was black and white, i reversed the black/white color boxes and tried to fix it, but it did nothing. I know I can go to my history box and delete it, but I want to learn it your way. Can you help me?

[snaphu]

@joey337 sorry, I dont check youtube too often and I missed your reply...I am not sure what you did wrong... have you figured it out yet or do you still need help?

[msthangrose]

i am having a problem when i click merge down the picture goes back to color and then i cant do the trick. its very frustrating can you help me out with that?

[Fettus999]

Wow! Thanks! This really helped and the result turned out supernice for me! Thanks :)

[bryan072793]

for your next turtorial can you show us how to remove something from a picture

[snaphu]

Your all very welcome, it was a fun tutorial to do.. although the audio leaves a lot to be desired. When I get more time I will try and do some more tutorials. Any requests?

[kimberlyyx7]

wow. thankss so much!

[FunnyStylez]

my intern leader wants me to do stuff like this...and i have a deadline to meet. Thank you so much!

[tcsraam123]

Good job.

[helloluiis]

thank you sirr

[chichel]

thank you for this tutorial!

[Faceman3701]

Awsome. Thanks. Way better than the other dude I was watching... All he kept saying is "Umm, umm, umm"

[shanykristy]

seriously this is the only tutorial that i have been able to follow along with and preform with the results that i wanted.. thanks!

[mylifesstories]

Good job. Thanks I appreciate your time!

[HugoAlvarez73]

I just want to thank you for this wonderful tutorial. magnificent

[123GentleTouch321]

thank you.

[RUSS1AN]

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!

[diplomat44]

thhaaankkss alloooottt myyy nigggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[straightedgemike570]

nice tutorial :]

i usually use the eraser tool though :/

[WeAreJustNoobs]

thats with a pic.

how can i make that on a video??

=o

BTW nice tutorial

[kaimanapine]

@snaphu thanks for taking the time to teach! This tutorial was quick and easy. Mahalo! (Thank you)

[333zara]

when i click merge down, the colour returns to normal. whats wrong?

[rrigelita]

Simply Great!

[aleesm]

thank you so much that was so easy way to do that

[19munchkin92]

what program did you use? or are you able to do this on any photoshop?

[Blakcat199566951995]

I think she's using CS something. I have Elements and CS3 and they can both do this. I'm not sure about the other Photoshops, but I'm pretty sure this works on any of them.

[AW990514]

brill ! - Thanks so much

[lionpride95]

THANKS best video i have seen yet

Thank you so much..

But how did you get photoshop on your computer?

[goodbye2romance]

Yeah!

Thanks so much!

[YankeeNH10]

I figured out the GIMP version by watching this. Follow these steps:

1. Open and select photo (layer 1.)

2. Click on "Layers." Choose "Duplicate Layer."

3. Click on "Colors." Go to "Hue Saturation." Reduce saturation to -100. (or B&W.)

4. Go to "Layer." Go to "Mask." Click on "Add Layer Mask."

5. Go to "Tools." Choose painbrush and size. Choose black square to reveal color and white square to cover it (6. Paint away!

7. Go to "Image." Choose "Flatten Image" to save. Have fun!

[Ica1413]

cooll thanks :D

[AK47owner]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[SAOlover]

oh wow. the best video i've seen :)

[naydude99]

VERY NICE.

[ashleyboox]

OMG, thanks so much, that's awesome!

[kashifzeeshan]

nice tutorial

[GuitarKnite]

is there a term for this techneque or is it just selective coloring?

[pinkBEAT1]

Hey, I followed the steps but when I paint nothing happens? Any ideas?

[toad121]

cheers m8

[anonymousfolife]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

[mraznguy]

Thanks, it was a big help!

[BigGhommie]

Thanks big help!

[ThexEmptyxHearted]

Thanks SO much! I was able to do that awesome thing with my art project! xD Thanks to you, I'll get an A for sure! 5 stars!

[barrettski189]

awesome, but a lil 2 fast :) 4stars :D

[bigsal518]

awesome

I was trying to find out how to do this for sooo long

thanks

[Valdivieso1]

thank you much it was a little bit difficult at first but it finally worked...ccooollll thanx

[singmyself2sleep]

This doesn't work.

I did EVERYthing just as you said and it makes me sad because when I try to paint, nothing happens.

I see that you have an extra layer that is locked, and the original picture is not. I couldn't get my original picture to unlock.

What do I do???? :(

[snaphu]

Click and drag the lock to the trash can. Where is it you are having an issue?

[STRIPTA]

super!!!!!!!!=]=]=]=]

[drunkenmonkeylara]

geez.

Both ways are good.

End of.

=)

[SquishyParts]

Too many steps.

1. Add hue saturation adjustment layer

2. move saturation slider all the way to the left (-100)

3. select layer mask (small box to the right of adjustment layer icon)

4. paint with black to reveal color.

[snaphu]

It is 2.34 mins long and there aren't too many steps. If you have a better way to do it with less time then go ahead and post it. This was the way I decided was best to explain it to people wanting an easy way to accomplish this feat.

[SquishyParts]

I did in my post. I didn't know it would upset you so much. There is no need to make a copy, there is no need to merge the layers down in to a black & white layer than add a layer mask to that. Sorry a method with less steps that doesn't add any more size to the file upsets you. It's great that you posted this for people to learn from. All I did was say that there were unnecessary steps involved. There are, but to each his own. Take a breath & relax.

[snaphu]

I am not upset. The reason I merged down and flattened was so that people who were not familiar with working with non psd files could keep it as a .jepg or whatever else they wished.

[SquishyParts]

My post was not meant to upset you. The flattening I can understand to print the file or to import the file into another app. I was just speaking of the steps for making a copy of the color image, adding a HS adj. layer, desaturating, merging down & adding a layer mask. The hue saturation adj. layer already has a layer mask. It's great of you to take the time to teach...I was just trying to add to that. Sorry if it was taken the wrong way.

[djhush]

very nice clear Tut!

[SuperHir0]

Nice little tute!!