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    Senior Member ChowChi-Ching's Avatar
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    Selective Coloring?

    I have done this technique once before but for the life of me, cannot remember how to do it. I have PSP X that I am using and I am trying to turn the picture greyscale and still leave some items in color.........

    Can someone explain to me how to do this again???

    (I also have PSCS2 but do not have access to it on this computer and need to know how to do it with PSPX)

    Thank You all very much in advance!!!
    Summer Katz
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    Senior Member readingr's Avatar
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    Re: Selective Coloring?

    The way I do it is to make a duplicate layer.
    Channel mixer to get a B&W image (on top layer).
    Lower the transperancy so that you can see the bottom layer
    Erase the item you want in colour.
    Set the top layer transparency to 100%
    Merge all layers.

    Job done or you can continue to fiddle.

    Roger
    "I hope we will never see the day when photo shops sell little schema grills to clamp onto our viewfinders; and the Golden Rule will never be found etched on our ground glass." from The mind's eye by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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