Eye Color

[KathyC]

Hello. I read one of the earlier threads and while my question is similar, it's different. I want to change a picture to black and white but I want to keep the eye color. I selected the iris' and then feathered and then did a "select invert" to change everything else to back and white but thought I was keep the blue eye color; however, the eye color changes as well. What did I do wrong?

[kImages]

Hi Kathy. Selective coloring is a multilayer/masking process. There is a tutorial in the subscriber area that is very helpful.

Basically the process is as follows:
1. duplicate the background layer (or full color layer that has been retouched as needed)
2. Convert new layer copy to B&W using your favorite method
3. Attach a mask to the B&W layer (Grants tools - mask)
4. Use a soft brush and color back in black on the mask the parts you want the color to show through from the original layer.

[Bayla]

Kathy,

The simplest way to do this would be to convert your picture to B&W by creating a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and taking the saturation slider all the way to the left and then taking a brush and painting (with black) the eyes back in on the adjustment layer's mask.

Bayla

[KathyC]

Thank you both for your response, I appreciate your help and will give your suggestions a try.