Cricketb
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Duplicate the background layer. Desaturate the top layer. Create a mask and paint with black to remove and white to restore. Paint on the mask with black where I wanted the color to show through.
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Duplicate the background layer. Desaturate the top layer. Create a mask and paint with black to remove and white to restore. Paint on the mask with black where I wanted the color to show through.
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Dave Jaseck
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Cricket...Very nice, I like everything about it including composition. You truly are the mask and brush expert here. I'd like to see you start Masks 101 and History & Art History Brushes 101 classes here. You'd probably save me years of fumbling and stumbling around in PS...Dave
Duplicate the background layer. Desaturate the top layer. Create a
mask and paint with black to remove and white to restore. Paint on
the mask with black where I wanted the color to show through.
Cricket
Cricketb
Senior Member
Thank you.
The key to masks is zooming in and choosing the right size brush. Start with a large brush and then zoom and use a small brush. The key to the art history brush is experimentation (on different layers so you can throw out the ones that didn't work).
Cricket
rollin'thunder
Well-known member
Cricket,
Are you using PS7? I've had it 3 weeks and am more lost than when I first got PS6! Are you cloning onto another layer to achieve the effects? It looks like you are using masks frequently. What about channels?
Regards,
RT
Are you using PS7? I've had it 3 weeks and am more lost than when I first got PS6! Are you cloning onto another layer to achieve the effects? It looks like you are using masks frequently. What about channels?
Regards,
RT
Thank you.
The key to masks is zooming in and choosing the right size brush.
Start with a large brush and then zoom and use a small brush. The
key to the art history brush is experimentation (on different
layers so you can throw out the ones that didn't work).
Cricket
Dave Jaseck
Veteran Member
Cricket...That's not 101!
Thank you.
The key to masks is zooming in and choosing the right size brush.
Start with a large brush and then zoom and use a small brush. The
key to the art history brush is experimentation (on different
layers so you can throw out the ones that didn't work).
Cricket
Lois66721
Forum Enthusiast
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Duplicate the background layer. Desaturate the top layer. Create a
mask and paint with black to remove and white to restore. Paint on
the mask with black where I wanted the color to show through.
Cricket
Great contrast! I like how you are automatically adding the instructions!!
I really appreciate the sharing of information-----someday I may have some-
thing to contribute-------if everyone is going to live to be 100!!
Lois
Cricketb
Senior Member
Yes.
No all I did was create a layer that was a duplicate of the image layer. Then used image> adjust> hue and saturation to desaturate (you could also use the sponge tool set to desaturate 100%. Then I used a mask to erase (paint with black to remove, white to restore) the parts of the desaturated layer to bring the colors back in. Another way to do this would be to desaturate the whole thing and then use the history brush to restore colors.
I like masks because everything is easily reversable. Paint with black to remove and white to restore.
Dave J has got me using channels a bit. But I didn't use channels at all in this image.
Cricket
Interesting. I like the color and black and white and use that quite a bit for my prints.. but I do it in a whole different way. Perhaps your method is better but since I've never used a mask, I can't say. I think that masking seems like the next thing for me to get into. I'm very much a PS novice!
This is what I do:
I select the area(s) I want to keep colorized and copy that to a new layer(s).
Then I destaturate or monochromize (via channel mixer) the background layer.
Then I go to the selected areas in step 1 and adjust them as I wish.
I will have to try your method.
This is what I do:
I select the area(s) I want to keep colorized and copy that to a new layer(s).
Then I destaturate or monochromize (via channel mixer) the background layer.
Then I go to the selected areas in step 1 and adjust them as I wish.
I will have to try your method.
Cricketb
Senior Member
Seema, please post some of your work.
One of the fun things about PS is there are many ways to do the same things. Try masks and if you like them then use them. But your way works well too.
Cricket
mengzhu
Member
You truly are the mask and brush expert here. I'd
Mengzhu
Yes, please. A nice little step by step Masks 101 would be great. This is a wonderful picture and well presented. Thank you.
Mengzhu
Cricketb
Senior Member
I use Qimage to print, not PS. Sorry. I used to be thrilled with Qimage, but right now it is giving me problems so I wouldn't recomend it.
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