Steemit Tutorial - Add Awesome Flair To Your Photos With Selective Color Photographs
In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a cool selective color effect to your photographs. This effect can be an interesting way to add a dramatic effect to your pictures. In the example I took a stock image from Pixabay that's awash in color and rendered it black and white, then used a free Photoshop action to make colorizing only the parts of the pic that I wanted to remain emphasized.
The action is freely downloadable from The Coffee Shop Blog and works like a charm. You'll also need Adobe Photoshop to do this effect.
The Finished Product
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/tea-cup-1-bw.jpg)
The Original Image
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/tea-cup-1.jpg)
The Tutorial Part
Open your image in Photoshop
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-1.png)
Click Window - Actions
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-2.png)
The Actions Panel Loads
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-3.png)
Click The Menu Box - Upper Right Side of the Actions Window - Choose Load Actions - Navigate to Where You Saved Your Action To (CoffeeShopSelectiveColor.atn) Double Click
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-4.png)
Click The Arrow Next to Selective Color - Click Selective Color
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-10.png)
Click The Play Button Below
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-9.png)
Read the Popup - Click Continue
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-8.png)
Click OK When The Levels Dialogue Box Pops Up - Or Adjust if you want to.
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-6.png)
Click OK When The Name Layer Dialogue Box Pops Up - Or change the name if you want to.
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-7.png)
Use Your Brush to Highlight What You Want Colorized. It's Pretty Easy!
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-5.png)
Click File - Save As, or File Export As
![enter image description here](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/http://www.crowdfunder.website/linux/pics/color-sat/screen-11.png)
Thanks for the clear tutorial! I must try this sometime.
Your welcome. I looked at your blog and followed you. Your wrens might be good done like this :)