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Isabel

selectivecolortest.jpg

Not aiming for any artistic masterpiece, but testing a new technique I just learned on the Retouching Forum. Read about it here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10170236
Before I learned this fact (that you could paint on an adjustment layer with black to bring forth detail from the layer below and white to cover it up again), I thought you had to have a layer mask on the layer. This works with Photoshop and Elements. I hope someone will test this with Paint Shop Pro.


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Digipets14-Sep-2004 12:08
Here are the instructions for Photoshop from Danny Raphael's post on the Retouching Forum at dpreview.com:

Painting B or W on adjustment layers works the same way as it does on layer masks added to regular layers. In this case no layer masks are involved...just the adjustment layers themselves, which are added above the target layer(s).

Try this extreme example:
* Add a Hue/Sat adjustment layer above any color Background
* Set Saturation to -100 and close the dialog
* Set foreground color to black and choose a hard edged brush
* Flow = 100%, Opacity = 100%
* Where you paint black on the adjustment layer the effect is suppressed
revealing the color from the BG below
* Ctrl + I to invert the mask
* Ctrl + I again to put it back the way it was
* Switch to white and paint to "undo"

Black and white are the extremes (100% conceal or 100% reveal). By airbrushing black on a white mask or white on black mask results in various degrees of gray (somewhere in between B/W) for controlled application.

Simplest way for Elements (and there are several ways) Make two duplicate layers. Make the first(middle layer) duplicate active by clicking on it and click on Enhance>Color>Remove Color. Make the top layer (2nd duplicate) active and choose your eraser tool with a soft brush (very important that it be soft). Use it on any areas you want to be in black and white. Make it very small for where you're working near colored areas.

Isabel
Digipets06-Sep-2004 22:50
Thanks, Nancy. Glad you were able to get it to work with PSP!
Isabel
Digipets06-Sep-2004 20:52
Isabel, I saw this and had to try it in Paint Shop Pro. It works like a charm! Thank you once again for great tips and techniques!
Nancy