Create a Color Accented Photo in Photoshop

In this instructable I will show you how to create an easy color accented photo in photoshop, gimp, or any other image editing program.

You will need the following things to do this:
- Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, or any other image editing software
- A color photo to accent
- A tablet (optional)

Open up the picture you want in photoshop or whatever program you are using. Create a new layer from the image. Remove any blemishes or anything else that you don't want in the new layer.

You are now going to turn your new layer into black and white, there are two ways of going about doing this

1.) Image > Mode > Grayscale

~OR~

2.) Image > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation [ Set saturation to -100 ]

THEN

Image > Adjustments > Levels [ click "select black point" and then select a black spot on the picture and click it

THEN

Image > Adjustments > Levels { click "select white point" and select a white point on the picture and click it

THEN

Select > All and then Select > Modify > Border

THEN

Select > Modify > Feather

(( The above steps are shown on the first picture ))

THEN

Image > Adjustment > Curves [ Play around with the curve to get he darkness you want ]

(( The above step is shown in the second picture ))

YOU ARE NOW DONE WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE PART

Now is when your graphics tablet comes in handy. Click on the eraser tool and slowly erase the black and white layer in the place where you want the color to be. You can keep track of your progress by occasionally turning off the B&W layer to see how close you are to the edges. When you are finished, go to Layer > Flatten Image

Now you are finished. You can mess around with the colors and effects to get the effect that you want.

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