What program do people use to get black and white pictures to have specific thin

Question: What program do people use to get black and white pictures to have specific things in its original color!?
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for quality images, you want to use photoshop ot paintshop-pro photo, and similar programs, with color adjustment features, and layer options,
Adobe - Photoshop CS4
http://www!.adobe!.com/products/photoshop/!.!.!.
Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
http://www!.corel!.com/servlet/Satellite/u!.!.!.
ArcSoft PhotoStudio
http://www!.arcsoft!.com/products/photostu!.!.!.

the simple way to make one image color, is to use color photo, open in basic editor, select item with lasso tool, and invert the selection, then lower the color saturation,
Photofiltre
http://photofiltre!.free!.fr/frames_en!.htm

for an image with more than one item or color, is whee you want to be able to select areas, and invert selection(s) to desaturate areas, and duplicate layers to edit each color separately, and also add other colors and effects,
Gimp ~image editor,
http://gimp-win!.sourceforge!.net/stable!.h!.!.!.

and there are some editors online with tools that can edit basic effects as well,
FotoFlexer
http://fotoflexer!.com/
Sumopaint!.com beta
http://www!.sumopaint!.com/app/
Splashup
http://www!.splashup!.com/tour/
Picnik
http://www!.picnik!.com/
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Just about any program can do that, most people buy photoshop or a corel!. There are free ones online but I'm not sure if they will let you bc the way you do it is to duplicate the "layer"/picture, turn it into BW, then erase back the color on the parts you want!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

almost all photo editing program
i use photoshop, that works well!. but really any program!. you can google some photo editing programs, and there are some online ones, and you will be able to do it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I use Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI!.
Here is a very nice tutorial that will show you how to do the selective coloring technique!. It is not very hard once you get the hang of it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com