Black and white background, everything else color?

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like that picture ^

what can i download to make some of my pictures like that?

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like that picture ^

what can i download to make some of my pictures like that?

You don't need to download anything. Just go to
http://fotoflexer.com/

Click on effects
click on advanced options
click on painted region only
Click invert to make the whole thing bnw
Click on original
Paint the part you want in color.

It's really easy. I use it all the time.

Here is how it is done in Photoshop. Any other program will have the same principle.

As is true of many procedures in Photoshop, there are several ways of doing selective color. This is a quick and easy method.

First open your photo in PS of course.

Then go to Layer - Duplicate Layer

Click OK

Then go to Image - Adjustments - Hue / Saturation

Drag the Saturation slider all the way to the left to make the photo black and white.

Click OK

Then get the ERASER tool from the tool box on the left side of the screen. It is usually the next tool under the clone stamp tool. Just hover your mouse over the tool, and it will say Eraser.

When you have selected the Eraser, go up to the Brush options box at the top of the screen, and click on the downfacing arrow. Set the Hardness of the brush to 100% so you will have accurate control of selection. You may also need to raise or lower the brush size to suit.

Erase away any black and white from where you want the color to be revealed.

When done go to
Layer - Flatten Image

Then just do a Save As to wherever you want to save the photo.

hope this helps you

steve

You can print it out in b/w and hand color the areas you want 'pigmented'
Michael's sells photo-markers just for this.
then you can scan it back into your photo files.