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Uploaded by on Dec 3, 2011

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There are many ways to turn a colour photo into a mono masterpiece in Photoshop, but in this tutorial I aim to keep some of the original colour and bring back through the black and white effect.

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  • that was great gavin!

    tell me is it possible to leave more then one colour 'colorized'? for example red and green?

  • @ProductionJosh It sure is, but you'll need to run the Color Range twice (once for each colour) On the second colour you wouldn't use the invet feature and you'd fill the exisiting Black & White adjustment layer mask with black.

  • Gavin

    Always enjoy your tutorials. Clear and precise. Sadly I only have elements eight so I dont think I can follow your instructions unless you know differently ........

    David

  • @xxwrd You can do this in Elements, but not this way. Finding alternatives is all part of the learning process :-) To give a head start think "magic wand"

  • Just wondering: I'm using CS3 and here black colour on the layer mask actually stands for unselected area, while white means selected. Did they invert it in CS5 or is it just a matter of settings and configuration?

  • @gronki1 With layer masks Black conceals and White reveals.

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  • I always enjoy your videos, so interesting, clear & helpful.

  • your voice is strangely sexual..

    nice vid!

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  • super

  • Great stuff. :)

  • Your videos are so helpful. It's improved my photography in leaps and bounds

  • Wow. Really helpful. Thanks!

  • thanx man

  • I did not know how to do this in photoshop, not with Color Range at least. Thanks!

  • YOu dont need to do random clicks with the +eyedropper.

    You can just use the standard colour sucker click once and then SHIFT+drag and go shifting+dragging wherever you like. I find thats the fastest,

  • excellent tutorials Gavin as always, very  clear and concise.

  • As always, GREAT stuff, Gavin !!

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