Since I started blogging, sometimes itchy fingers, I’ll do some editing of photos…like what I did for the Magic Cream posting and also the most recent Faythe 9 months old posting. Some friends has asked, hey how you do that? OK lah, since got so many fans..I kasi some simple steps for you all..you can go home and try it out.
Bare in mind, there are lots of way to do it, it’s only one of the ways I use which I find most convenient for myself. Play around with that often, and you’ll be a master for sure. I’m not a master, still in learning phase, but I enjoy fiddling around with photos and colours when I’m free.Some of my work can be found here and here…Before we start the lesson, of course you got to make sure you have photoshop installed. Any version higher than 7.0 is fine, If older version, I think some features not available. You should know where to get it, I’m not allowed to tell you in public, or else later kena tangkap hehe..
Lesson ONE
A picture with some part black & white, some part colour.
- Decide which one to be colour, which one is black & white. In this case, I select the pillows to remain coloured, the rest black & white.
- Select the LASSO tool, the one of the right side, 2nd row. There are 3 types of the tool, i like the magnetic one best, it’s like joining dots when we were young.
- OK, now you can start to use the LASSO magnetic tool, to select the area. In this case, to make my life easy, I select the pillow area, cause it’s less work to do.
- Just move around the LASSO near to the lining of the pillow, it will automatically mark it for u with dots.
- Just remember, where you start, you got to stop back at the same place..like when we use to play join the dots game.
- Once it’s done, you’ll see like dotted lines around the first pillow.
- Before you move on to select the next pillow, make sure the SELECTION mode button is selected properly.
- It’s shown on the top row of the ermm..tool bar?? With 4 different squares, one is just one itself, one is 2 overlapping, one is subtract of the selection & one is intersect.
- For this case I’m selecting 2 items, so it’s 2 boxes overlapping button.
- Now continue to select the next pillow and finish joining the dots.
- OK now it looks like 2 pillows selected, with dotted lines around…
- To touch up…magnify the picture big big..and ensure that the lines cover exactly the pillow, if there are some areas not covered or over covered..use the Polygonal LASSO tool to play around with it to select or deselect those areas.
- When you use Polygonal Lasso, it doesn’t have the automatic dots like the other one, so you have to keep on clicking when you want to select that area.
- The most important tool here is both the LASSO and the SELECTION mode button on top. Try it out and you’ll know and learn that fast.
- OK now done. I’ve selected the pillow, but I want them to be coloured.
- The rest of the area suppose to be black & white.
- Do a Select, Inverse option. This will reverse whatever you’ve selected, meaning now the selection is everything but the pillows.
- Then press Ctrl+Shift+U (shortcut for desaturate – as in change colour to black & white)
- Now click on the Marquee Tool (first icon on the left) and just click your mouse anywhere…it will clear off whatever you selected just now.
- There you go, the first black & white + coloured photo…hehehe…I call it dual tone effect.
Easy hoh..20 steps kow tim :)If you intend to change the black & white to sepia (brownish) or blueish or greenish or redish, play around with the Colour Balance Option in the Image, Adjustment Section.
first things first, must go get myself a copy of Photoshop 😛 Irfan View can do a bit of editing la, but not so many function as those in Photoshop 🙂
photoshop CS is available for RM5 at Low Yat… and I must say… nice work!!
Muak muak for giving out the lessons! Must go get myself a copy too, mine is Photoshop Element 2, too old liao!
Thanks for the tip..
Now must go buy Photoshop CD. But install in office PC scared kena SOBC. 🙁
wah…very good detailed instructions!! hahahah….somehow I got no patience to use the lasso tool…havent got hang of it..but love the effect!
sue, jefferene, agnes: hehe yah..photoshop is a must have.
Agnes: wah don’t lerr kena SOBC!!!
egghead: ermm..you not suppose advertise here, later kena tangkap BSA I dunno huh
Dinah: hehe yah, starting sure u don’t feel fun, once u get the hang of it, it’s like eating kacang putih!!
Thanks Jazzmint Sifu!
But alternative is :
No need to learn. send photos to jazzmint and she’ll eat kacang putih and process within seconds. somemore no need to go to lowyat.
OH…wonderful Jasmine!!
Later i need to try it out..
wah…. “cun” lah. I’ve always like these kind of stuffs, but never ever got myself down to do it…
Ya, must eat kacang putih with Jazzmint…
Photoshop can really do miracles. Only if I have time!!
Excellent Job!
annie: hehehe..can oso…I can do for you, FOC.
huisia: any probs lemme know huh
sharon: hehehe..kacang putih or kacang tanah oso nice 🙂
michelle: yes..time is the issue here
wah wah… my photo also kena advertise he he he….
Jazmint vy ‘keng’ in this… can do it in a blink….
cheryl: hehe..yah i like ur wedding photos :). Don’t praise me like that lahh..*face red red liao*
Imagine the power of tens of thousands of other web sites being able to easily
jazz,
ginie referred me to ur tutorials earlier and i find it helpful too. u have beautiful designs and are creative. will try to use PS 7.0. Is that the correct one?
Thanks Jazzmint,
Aiyo yo..sounds and look complicatyed for a very very amateur like me. If you see the scrap product on my blog then u knw I’ve graduated frm your tutorial and not sure when will that be..coz my mind so karat with learning oredi especially technical stuff. So I must get Photoshop huh? I think I have but what version I need?Thanks for the tips.
Hey I just came across your tutorial, I was looking for something to help me with a album I’m making for my friends, we just graduated from school. I liked the way you went into great detail and frankly speaking It was pretty easy to follow for an amateur like me. Lol, and I never knew about the Magnetic Lasso tool, is used to go freehand all the time it was so frustrating T_T… Thanks for the tutorial, It really helped me loads..