Selective black and white

[Opher]

Hello have wanted to know how to do this for quite a bit.
I have an example.

I have the gimp and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 to work with.

I prefer working with gimp if i can (Corel is on my other computer)

would love any help you can give.(-:

 

[Opher]

I got it :thumbup:

What do you think? It is my first selective B/W.

A little bit choppy but it is mostly a test

 

[fred0000]

Opher, do you think you could post a link or explain how you did it? I was watching this thread in hopes to learning this teqnique aswell. thanks.

 

[Opher]

There is probably a better way but this is what I did.

First off i used the GIMP. (it is what was handy)

First i used the "free select" tool to select the part i wanted to keep.

Second I went "select" than "Invert" (i think Ctrl i works to)

Third I went to "colors" than slid the saturation down all the way.

Hope this helped.

I am still open for any suggestions