Quick photoshop question

[realitycheck3907]

Alright guys everyone has seen the pictures of someone in black and white but the person is holding a flower which is still the original color of the flower. So far I dont know what to call this so I dont know how to find a tutorial for this on the internet. Does anyone have a tutorial or can tell me how to do this. I sure would appreciate this.
Oh yeah this is my first post, looking forward to getting to know you guys.

 

[tirediron]

It's called, "Selective colouration". Google "photoshop selective coloration tutorial" and you should get quite a few returns.

 

[realitycheck3907]

tired iron thanks so much. My wife has been looking for this for a while now but we didnt know the name so we couldnt find it. We're just now starting to play with photoshop, as you can tell. So thanks again.

 

[Bifurcator]

There's also a few plun-ins that will do this.

B/W Styler and Viveza are two such and multi-purpose in grand and wonderful ways.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mYwwHyLPB8c
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5esItCUXYQY

 

[maulrat]

First off, are you starting out with a colored picture or a black and white? I am just starting photography but have been using PS for a while now. No matter what, you're going to have to find a way to select the object you want to color first. I have tried many different ways but the photoshop plug-in called Fluid Mask has worked great for me when making a selection of objects. Here is a sample:

Original in B&W

First, I selected my subject. Then, I added a mask of color. I did this both for the skin and lips. If the picture would have been color to begin with, I would have had an easier time just B&Wing the background. It was a pain to find the correct color of skin and lips that I wanted but it was fun. This technique also works on changing eye color. Hope this helped.

 

[Copacetic]

Yup, the key is in masking. I haven't done a lot of this, but with careful masking and a color picture to start, it's really quite easy. The advantage of masks is that they are nondestructive. This is a pretty good primer on layer masks in Photoshop: Lunacore Photoshop Training - Layer Masks tutorial (part 1/3)

My only example so far (done over six months ago, when I was still learning Photoshop. Err, I'm still learning, but you get the idea.), nothing like the above superb example, but I thought I'd post it anyway:

 

[Sandspur]

It's called Selective Color or Colorizing.

Here's my illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on it:
http://www.jimsdigitaldiary.com/colorizing.html

There are several other ways to do something similar. But the key to doing it well involves two things (technically): 1. Clean and accurate selection, and 2. a basic understanding of layers.


Have fun with it. And if you'd like to see a whole series of images I've done using the flowers and border idea I showed in the tutorial, check out my "Escapes" page at: http://www.cafepress.com/jimmcdadephoto