How do people make a flower or an item in a picture colored when the whole picture is black and white?

like the color is completely black and white but theres a flower in someones hair and its completely in color. what program do they use.

How do people make a flower or an item in a picture colored when the whole picture is black and white?
Can we say Photoshop (looks at previous answers - yes we can).





yeh - that is the best way. However - there is a HUGE factor each person forgot. The steps below assume that you are starting with a colored image (which if you are using digital - you should ALWAYS shoot color then convert to B%26amp;W)





1. Open image


2. Duplicate Background Layer (CTRL + J)


3. Desaturate Layer 1 (CTRL + U)


4. Adjust Levels of Layer 1 (CTRL + L) to get a better black and white


5. (this si teh step everyone forgot) ERASE the subject that you want to be colored. Erase this on Layer 1 so that the color from the Background Layer shows through


6. Flatten Image


7. Save Image As
Reply:you might want to try adobe photoshop or painshop pro or any photo editing software.





first you have to select the graphic that you want colored, copy and paste it as a new layer (might be tricky if the image you want colored is intricate), then go to the background layer and desaturate it.





good luck!
Reply:This is called Selective Color.





Try these step-by-step tutorials, for both Photoshop and GIMP:





http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/cp/olympus/...





http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pseleme...





http://www.tipclique.com/tutorial/photos...
Reply:you need a photo editing/compositing software such as Adobe Photoshop CS. It's easily done by creating two layers of the same image, then modify one to be black and white and the other to have the focused object only in color. :-)





Good luck!
Reply:Select the area you want to color with a tool in Photoshops toolbox(Photoshop Elements is the best software buy for the money) You can colorize using opacity ranging from 1-100%, that way it doesn't look contrived.


Remember, there is no substitute for practicing.