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Selective Color

How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color

The weather is warming here in Nashville, TN, and back home in The Great Country of Texas the Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes will soon be colorfully dotting the hillsides and medians. I do miss my home state, and with that in mind, a quick search on iStockphoto for "bluebonnets" yielded a gorgeous photo for use in today's tutorial.

In order to show off these bountiful blooms, I'm going to illustrate how to easily use Photoshop Elements to convert this image into grayscale, then bring back just a bit of color in the areas of your choice.

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How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color Creating Favicons
Photo Spotlight How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change
Playful Panoramas Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Pick a New Picker Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Scanning Secrets
The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1 Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1 Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Creating a Circuit Board Face How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1
The Basics of Design How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
The No-Name Photo Effect The Skinny on Scanning
Give Your Photos an Edge The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld
Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Crop City! Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3
Fabulous Feathers Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes
Painted Edges in Elements Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes

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