Editing photos - black and white with a coloured object

[Shax658]

Hello

Can someone advise what software is used to create the photographs that are balck and white but have a coloured object in it? Example would be a scene of London is Blacka nd White but here is a bright red bus in the foreground.

Is it Photoshop or are their otehr software packages avaialble capable of doing this? Is there any other way?

Thank you

[donoreo]

This technique is called "colour popping". You can do it with most photo editing software. You will probably find more tutorials (sorry, I do not have a link to one at the moment) for PS than any other.

[Cathus]

Basically, any software where you can have layers is the easiest.

Create your photo in colour, create a layer copy over the top and turn it black and white, then use either the eraser or a mask to cut out or paint over the b&W layer in the area you want turned to colour.

[thefonz78]

Yes what they said but don't be taking them red bus colour pops you might find yourself in court!
http://www.templeisland.com/new_engl..._copyright.asp

A lot of new cameras will do this in camera. Both my Sony NEX and Nikon d5100 will do this. What camera have you got?

[steward]

using a nikon D5100 how do you get this effect?

thanks

[GeoffWessex]

OK, I was just about to jump in with a "the camera is irrelevant", when I remembered reading something about this being part of the D5100's capabilities.... checked it out and it's on page 120 of your Manual. I've no idea whether it does a better job than editing as described above, but it can only be applied to Jpegs in camera, so if you're a Raw shooter you'll need the suggestions above and do it in editing,

There was, I think, a decent tutorial for this kind of editing on here when it was PhotoRadar - before it got re-organised - and now I cannot find it (or any other trace of a list of tutorials).

However, I came across this one for you.