Thank you so much for the tip! I had a beautiful picture of my daughter I wanted to turn to black and white and leave the vivid colors of the fall flowers she was smelling. I searched many sites to find help to do my project. All of them so flustating and then ..I found this. WoW! Thank you so much for making this easy.My picture is just what I was wanting. I found a new site and have signed up for future issues.Thanks again.

This didn't work for me, I followed the instructions to the T & even used the magic eraser as one said. Nothing, when I do erase the area it is in B & W. No color that I can find.

Any ideas?

many thanks for the tutorial, really like the affect an didnt have a clue how to achieve it. U made it simple and ive already done 5 pictures hehe, thanks again . RB x

I'm trying to find out how to color a photo that is already black and white.  Not take a color photo, desaturate it and then erase portions of the photo.  I want to "tint" some of the areas but so far..No luck on finding the answer from anyone.  I'm using CS4 and you'd think this would be an easy task.  [img]/txtmngr/images/smileys/smiley6.Gif[/img]

Replying to iGuestThats exactly what I was hoping for also! One person was telling me the only way to do it was to zoom in as far as you can go and color fill each pixel individually using the standard paintbrush which I foung incredably difficult as I was trying to color splash red lips and blue eyes on a black and white subject. The problem was if your doing somthing like a face there is not enough definition-there is no line to follow also trying to find a realistic shade for the lip was a challenge. But apparently that is how its done! Hope that helps get you on the right track!

-reply by Brittaney

I've Been Searching For Ages To Find A Tutorial This Clear And Straight Forward, Big Thank You To The Publisher Of This Tutorial, I Can Finally Experiment With My Photos In This Way =)Many Thanks x

-reply by christine bloom

hey!

So I read the tutorial on selective coloring to a black and white photo using erasure tool... Awesome!  so simple!! But now I can't save it!  How do you save it once your finished so it can be viewed in other programs?! 

This is an excellent post buddy. I love it and I can really see using technique. Thanks for sharing it. Here's a good idea, Amazing Wegif photo animation software creates, aligns and animates pictures with similar contents, fun, friendly and easy to use, GIf animator softwar. 

I'm so thankful to have clear instructions, but when I try to erase, it is actually painting over the desaturated image. Whatever color I have chosen is what is deposited over the object in the picture. What am I doing wrong? I am using CS3. 

Replying to FeedBackerHi I have the same problem as Paula, I don't have desaturate, I am on elements 8, or can someone who has pse8 tell me how they have done it. Please help

-reply by bobby

I want to edit a mma fight photo and I'd like to add blood splatter over the entire pic. Any ideas?

-question by Nicole

Go to "Enhance" and then click "Adjust Color" and then "Remove Color"

OR

Simply press Shift + Ctrl + U

Then follow the rest of his instructions.  Hope that works for you! 

This did not work. After you remove the color and then try to use the eraser to bring back the color in one object it simply just erases and makes the object white. It doesn't bring the color back in one object.. Anyone have any other suggestions for Adobe Photoshop elemnts 8 users when wanting to just add color to one object in a black and white photo?

Thank you so very much, I have been trying to learn how to do this but it always seemed to be so difficult to do.  The way you explained it works just great!Thank you Thank you Thank you.