Camera Question Help....

[Justin]

A couple of weeks back, some guy (can't remember his user name) posted a photo of his car, which showed the car in colour, and the background in black and white.. i am sure he said it was his camera which had a special setting??

anyone remember what it is? or know how i could get this effect using photoshop?

Cheers

 

[TheCake]

I don't think that would be possible personally.

 

[Justin]

Do you know what the setting is he used? it was something like you selected the colour you wanted.. say racing blue, then took the photo.. and anythin other than racing blue ended up black and white?

 

[Justin]

This wasnt the photo i was on about, but like this... Sorry for pinching your pic mate..

 

[ukaskew]

No worries! I can see how it could be possible in-camera but it would be very very hit and miss. Very easy to do in any picture editing software though.

 

[TheCake]

I'd vote for using photoshop.

 

[sneeks]

I think the Canon compacts have a feature that can do that.

http://www.canon.ca/digitalphotography/english/ctech_article.asp?id=209&tid=6

[FONT=Tahoma,arial][SIZE=-1]Colour Accent (retain one colour while others go to monochrome)

Photoshop will produce better results.
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[unofficialPete]

Yup he'd have been using a canon.... you can select a colour, not sure on the mode and it'll b&w everything else...

 

[Justin]

yeah thats what i was on about, ok, so if i will get better results in photoshop.. anyone fancy giving me a quick rundown?

 

[ukaskew]

yeah thats what i was on about, ok, so if i will get better results in photoshop.. anyone fancy giving me a quick rundown?

Very very simple, this in Photoshop Elements but it should be similar with whatever you use...

I just use the magnetic lasso tool and run around the area I want to keep colour, then inverse the selection, then use 'remove colour' from the adjust colour menu.

I use it sparingly but it can produce some nice results

The same basic technique can also be applied to many other things, for example this static car was selected, inverted, then instead of using the remove colour option I used the motion blur filter to suggest movement...of course it helps if someone is in the drivers seat!

 

[Justin]

Thanks mate, thats brilliant.. gonna have a play around just now..

 

[Justin]

had a quick shotty...

And tried out a filter (Cheers Ali)

 

[Justin]

Sorry thats massive!!!!

 

[ukaskew]

Nice work, it gets addictive although you need to be careful not to overdo it. I love these I took last year in Toronto then played with colour removal...

 

[Justin]

Mate they look awesome!! Can see what im gonna be doing tonight

 

[Leeds_VTO]

If you have photoshop cs its all same but go to desaturate