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Combining color and grayscale

August 4th, 2013

This will teach how to select which parts of a photo you want to remain in color after you change it to black and white.

Objective

Original
Combining color and grayscale - original
Finished result
Combining color and grayscale - finished

Tutorial

  1. Copy and paste the image of your choice onto a new canvas.
  2. Duplicate the layer your image is on. (Ctrl+J or right click the layer and select “Duplicate Layer”.)

    To make things easier to follow. I’ve named the original as color, and the duplicate as bw.

    Combining color and grayscale - #2

  3. Select layer bw and Desaturate it. (Ctrl+Shift+U or go to Image >> Adjust >> Desaturate.)

    Combining color and grayscale - #3

  4. Select the Polygonal Lasso . If you don’t see it, hold down the Lasso tool for more options.

    Make a selection around what you want to be in color.

    Combining color and grayscale - #4

  5. Hit Delete on your keyboard, so that the color part shows through.

    Combining color and grayscale - #5

  6. Continue doing this to as many parts as you want, and that’s it!

    Combining color and grayscale - finished

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