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Color Splash

These are experiments with this technique, find a discussion of methods below in the comments --
None took more than 20 minutes to make; many of these have the original photo linked below.

Tannis		18-Aug-2009 23:39
i want to make some how?

thechebb		10-Feb-2007 00:47
Excellent gallery - well done & voted!

Guest		17-Dec-2006 11:56
GR8 WORK :) do visit www.pbase.com/dhiraj

Chuck Maceda		30-Nov-2006 07:52
What a wonderful gallery! V!

Guest		10-Nov-2006 07:30
Love it!

James Deacon		08-Nov-2006 23:26
great gallery! I'll have to try this on some of my shots

Ronald Johnson		08-Nov-2006 20:16
A very nice technique and nice compositions as well! -V-

Guest		08-Nov-2006 10:28
Wow, cool process, v

Richard Calmes		07-Nov-2006 14:44
Very entertaining and enteresting use of selective color! Well done! V

MACHOMAN		07-Nov-2006 10:02
Great! Work!!! on the pictures by CHRIS WARREN!!!!

firstbrook		07-Nov-2006 09:53
Excellent work I like the subjects.......v

Terri Steele		06-Nov-2006 15:35
WOW! Great work.

olderhvit		06-Nov-2006 01:24
Interesting gallery....well done.

MikeR		05-Nov-2006 22:13
I really like these, thanks for posting them

Guest		05-Nov-2006 00:22
FANTASTIC GALLERY! V

TS. Bok		02-Nov-2006 23:54
Lovely gallery. Thanks for sharing.

Dan Chusid		16-Oct-2006 22:35
Nice job on these and thanks for the tips from you and others. Have just begun to dabble with this technique myself.

Liz Feitelberg		25-Sep-2006 01:48
I LOVE these images!!! How I go about doing this technique is selecting the area or areas I want to stay colored, Edit, Copy... toss on the Greyscale Action... change colors back to CMYK, then Edit, Paste Into - TADA! ;-) Liz Quincy, MA

chrismyname		09-Sep-2006 19:43
WOW great viewing and my favorite is Arizonia. wonderful thanks for sharing

Guest		30-Aug-2006 06:01
great gallery, love to see it all, a lot of new ideas

lorand		10-Aug-2006 21:13
Excellent gallery!!!

Guest		04-Aug-2006 21:32
Can this effect be done with Photoshop Elements 4?

J De Pould		29-Jul-2006 20:43
fun gallery!

Guest		21-Jul-2006 06:31
this is a neat gallery!

Travis Flynn		11-Jul-2006 16:41
Very good job of selecting what to leave in color. I have a similar effect for the image on the back of my business card: http://www.pbase.com/milfordcameraman/image/62687931

Guest		09-Jul-2006 08:14
What a great gallery

markwp		26-May-2006 06:05
Thanks to all for the comments. For the questions, just scroll down below, several techniques are discussed.

rahul srivastava		12-May-2006 18:14
realy loved the first one..with the red roses...i have oftenseen this techinque..but i am never too sure about how to go about it...would love if you throw some light on it.i am planning to post my pictures on pbase very soon..either under roaringseas or rahul srivastava.and keep on the great work...some great shots of turkey and jerusalem.

Veronica		27-Apr-2006 02:59
Nice detail in color! Very detail work. So how did you do that??? any great links that you might suggest??

shubs		25-Apr-2006 02:39
nice!!!!

Guest		17-Apr-2006 10:37
Just a wonderful work Best regards from Spain http://www.photoshop-designs.com/foro http://www.photoshop-designs.net

the t�rk		12-Apr-2006 14:47
wonderful photos,good work, (iyi iþ.türkiye'yede yer verdiðir için saðol.)

Sheena Xin Liu		26-Mar-2006 05:44
Just marvelous! I never know the color swap can be so powerful until seeing yours. http://www.pbase.com/xinliualbum/image/55513048 Sometimes i just couldn't decide which colors to turn on and which off. Your ideas inspire me. Thank you for sharing...

Chamika		19-Feb-2006 13:10
Gosh I'm really amazed with your great idea of colours.

liansongchen		10-Feb-2006 23:28
excellent collection. welcome your comments on mine. lsc

Bill Ewart Jr		10-Feb-2006 01:35
Mark, you've also inspired me to create b/w photos with a splash of color!~ I've been adding some to one of my galleries called Just a Pinch of Color! Bill

Neil Hermansdorfer		06-Feb-2006 11:36
Very Cool. I gotta' try this. Thanks for sharing both the images and the method. I voted for this one. Thanks, Neil

Jay Beckman		27-Jan-2006 19:07
I usually don't care for the selective saturation thing (although I've used it too) but for some reason, when there is an entire gallery of it, it works. Very nice!

Rimmer		19-Jan-2006 22:03
Stunning. Very creative.

shubs		13-Jan-2006 05:25
Nice work!!!!

Guest		03-Jan-2006 11:09
nice

G.Pietro Munaretto		02-Jan-2006 18:12
tutte bellissime

Nina Ludwig		31-Dec-2005 15:30
Excellent gallery Mark! Voted.

shg2		18-Dec-2005 10:42
nice photos and post processing. good job

vanita boyd		16-Dec-2005 07:39
Very well done - another fun, artistic collection.

Digital Rebel		14-Dec-2005 22:53
Thanks for visiting my gallery and all I can say is "Wow!" These are brilliant.

Vaida		20-Nov-2005 17:53
Lovely pictures... Very very good job!!!

Bill Morgenstern		19-Nov-2005 16:41
Very Cool Technique! Thanks for sharing your shots and gallery. Well done!

Graham Tomlin		13-Sep-2005 12:53
nice gallery

Evaristo Buendia-Carrera		12-Sep-2005 21:52
Wonderful gallery.voted.

Richard Gardner		31-Aug-2005 18:54
Interesting and creative technique. Nice gallery.

Roland		21-Aug-2005 16:55
Great pictures :-)

David		10-Aug-2005 13:49
Love them! You have also inspired me to try with some of my pictures. Great work!!!

Greg		30-Jul-2005 23:03
Nise pictures, especially flowers Thanx a lot

Ellsworth Weaver		06-Jul-2005 19:20
Mark, good use of color and B&W. I like the Kyoto Maple probably the best of all. I have a couple done this way, too in XX-Beautiful Women gallery and Photoshop Effects. Please stop by. Oh, please spend some time in So Beautiful, So Dangerous, too if you can. Thanks. I voted for the gallery, Ells

Brian Straub		24-Jun-2005 14:09
Excellent use of selective color. I was originally inspired by Pbase photographers like yourself to try the technique and I am hooked. Thanks.

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		09-Jun-2005 17:56
Very good idea, very nice images :)

Mattias Backstr�m		05-May-2005 14:09
A very colorless gallery :) I like that there are so many different sorts of splashes. It doesn't get boring to look at although it's the same technique used over and over again. Well done! Interesting to see splashes from all these different countries.

Sylvain B.		04-May-2005 02:32
Very very nice subjects. I'm impressed Some of my slapsh here: http://www.pbase.com/bonfas/colors

EB		02-May-2005 23:46
Very clever, and very artistic. I find these pictures fascinating. Awesome work. -Chantal

Guest		25-Apr-2005 19:36
Been wanting to try my hand on this concept. Thanks for the inspiration. My faves are: Maple, Australia - South of Sydney, New Zealand - Auckland & California - Santa Cruz. GREAT JOB!!!

nige50		25-Apr-2005 09:47
treat set ,, very creative , it really does make a difference , How long did it take you to master this proccess

Unknown Food		03-Apr-2005 22:04
Great job! I was just wondering how color splash be done in motion pictures, such as the recent movie "Sin City".

Guest		01-Mar-2005 18:59
Wonderful idea, the maple leaf is my favorite...nice work!

Johan Toll		14-Feb-2005 08:33
Really cool! Very nice shots :)

Guest		12-Feb-2005 19:21
You have some beautiful photos here. I really like the colour splash idea, it was one of the first things that excited me about digital photography when i got my camera recently, although I have only done one of these type of images so far. You've used the idea really well here.

Serena Bowles		27-Jan-2005 17:41
I think this is a fantastic gallery. Great stuff.

Mattias Backstr�m		22-Jan-2005 01:19
Great works of art. But isn't the easiest way to do it to (in Photoshop) press Shift+Ctrl+U, then press Y and then just paint away? (Shift+Ctrl+U desaturates the image, and Y is the short command for the history brush). If selections are needed, they can easily be made as well, of course.

markwp		19-Jan-2005 02:43
Steven -- I've tried several methods, but have been using the method I've described below as I have it down pat and can carry it out in 5-10 min. Your method has advantages though, thanks for sharing it.

Guest		17-Jan-2005 19:47
Love the ideas, but as far as the technique you employ you have much more control if you do the following... 1. Duplicate the background layer and add a layer mask. For more control use the pen tool and draw a path round the object you want to isolate. Make the path a selection and inverse the selection then fill the layer mask with black. This will isolate the part you want to keep colour. 2. Best way to achieve b+w from colour is to use the channel mixer as it allows you to achieve a B+W image with control over the original RGB channels. Us echannel mixer on background layer and set output to mono. You can adjust the image using the red green and blue sliders 3. If the colour part is soft edged like your rainbow haired man then you can use the airbrush on the layer mask to achieve a softer edge. It will prevent the colour part looking so 'cut-out' Hope this makes sense Best Steve

markwp		14-Jan-2005 08:41
Thanks Ted - you sure know your flowers!

Ted Kipping		12-Jan-2005 01:37
Nice concept, nice execution-- the orange flower from the San Gabriel Mts. is probably Western Widflower/Erysimum capitatum, a member of the mustard and cabbage family--very fragrant! The flower you are presently calling California Wildflower is a succulent called Bluff Lettuce/Dudleya cymosa. Visiting Walter Teague's site led me to your own fine offering--thank you-Ted Kipping

Simon		06-Jan-2005 11:40
This is a lovely gallery. I will try this technique myself, thank you for the little Photoshop tutorial too. Congratulations on your photographs.

Guest		20-Dec-2004 14:41
Very nice gallery, i like your way to use colors and b&w Often this way is the better to express emotions... Bravissimo -verdi

Guest		25-Nov-2004 00:28
Excellent PS technique and photos.

Guest		23-Nov-2004 00:49
Super and a lot of work. Hang on!

Mac		11-Nov-2004 10:47
top images! excellent mix some of the best work I've seen for a long time! GREAT!!! Mac UK

Jay Pooler		20-Oct-2004 01:29
Thats the best ...I do some from time to time..I like a little BW and some color ..just brush it in..a nice tool..for a more dynamic affect..thanks for sharing Jay

Jill		13-Oct-2004 10:57
Wonderful eye - just the right amount of color in just the right spot! I enjoyed this gallery very much.

Wei -----		06-Oct-2004 18:40
Very smart and magnificent! Thanks for sharing these wonderful works.

Guest		05-Oct-2004 19:55
Fascinating gallery!!

Josy's Pics		05-Oct-2004 17:18
Great gallery... well done!... thanks for sharing.

Vivek SenGupta		01-Oct-2004 01:39
very fascinating gallery! vivek

Hodero		28-Sep-2004 12:08
Nice technique.Difficult not to overdo it. Nice collection of photo's.! saludos "H"

Jake Atonson		19-Sep-2004 18:22
Very nice gallery. Thanks for sharing. Here's what I did to mine. http://www.pbase.com/kaukulator/bw_color_mix

markwp		30-Aug-2004 13:21
Thanks guys. How to do this on Photoshop 8 (CS): 1. Create a second layer for your image 2. Zoom into the object you wish to highlight 3. Slowly outline the object using the lasso tool 4. Select layer via cut -- your object will be created as a new layer 5. If you have several areas to highlight, then repeat step 4 6. select your original layer (background) and desaturate it 7. Adjust the saturation, contrast, hue, etc. of each layer Once you get the hang of it this can be done in 10 minutes or so. The key is to pick an image that has a striking color or colors, and a composition that would benefit from highlighting such a subject.

bernsquick		28-Aug-2004 06:52
Great Great color Swap...How did u do this...Have a paint shop pro 8....

Guest		26-Aug-2004 22:53
I like much this work

Erick		22-Aug-2004 21:09
How do you do this color sp[lash thing?? I'm new to photoshop and would love to learn how to do this.

Guest		17-Aug-2004 22:28
your gallery is fabulous. i love how you colored the photos. ~~april http://www.pbase.com/w_d_p/april_sims

Ted Levin		17-Aug-2004 05:49
Fantastic Idea!! Well DONE

Mike Westendorp		11-Aug-2004 12:36
Mark, you've inspired me! Lik this gallery very much

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