How do you do this to pictures?

Question: How do you do this to pictures!?

I've been wondering for a long time now, how do you edit a picture to make only one object be colored and the rest of the pic be black and white!? I see it on a lot of people's myspace and facebook profiles and i think it's awesome, but i don't know how to do it! can someone please help!? thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

One basic technique is to start with a color picture and then create a selection around the object to stay colored!. Then invert the selection and remove the color from this inverse selection!.

This is a tutorial with example for Photoshop
http://digital-photography!.suite101!.com/!.!.!.

the Gimp is free editing software similar to Photoshop that uses the same basic method

http://digital-photography!.suite101!.com/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you can definitely use GIMP!.
but make sure you have Gimp 2!.4!.2 or + version
follow this steps:
http://www!.createblog!.com/tutorials/tuto!.!.!.

or if you have photobucket account, you could just use
their photo editor!. it's waaaay easier than gimp :]Www@QuestionHome@Com

Photoshop CS is always a good program for that sort of thing!. also if you have a hp digital camera they have a edit program on it that lets you do a number of things!. For free trials of photoshop just go to their websiteWww@QuestionHome@Com

Here is a tutorial on how to achieve the "partial color photo effect" with GIMP:

http://graphicssoft!.about!.com/od/gimp/ss!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

in Photoshop, change the picture to grayscale, then use the history brush to color whatever part you want colored!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Google: selective coloring
* you will need a program to do this such as PhotoshopWww@QuestionHome@Com

Photoshop!.Www@QuestionHome@Com