how do i get pictures to look like this?, .. Options

[xo_rock]

how do i get pictures to look like that?

[yoshie]

simple, use photoshop, add your image in layer, create new layer. fill layer with black (or white) and set blending options to color. then take eraser, select your size (make sure its a soft brush). with the color layer still active/selected, erase parts where you want color.

there are many ways to approach this, such as duplicating pic, desaturate and erase, etc.

[Simba]

Pretty much, you'll need some sort of image editing program, like Photoshop.

That picture was probably made by the eraser method, since that whole area is colored.

Clean cut ones are usually harder, like if you wanted just the sunglasses in color. Or you could do some hardcore erasing.

[angel-roh]

Wow I forgot about that...... o.o

and yeah like yoshie said. what that person said is right.
explained it all.

anyways i forgot about that.... wow -_-;; im in adobe photoshop a lot and I FORGOT ABOUT THAT?! FORKING A!

oooh if u didnt post this, i would've never known -_-

[*Kathleen*]

That picture looks really awkward.

[tehrea]

if you're in photoshop,

you can just feather the selected area you want colored.
then select the inverse (the area you want in black and white)
and then desaturate it.

[Paradox of Life]

I used Jasc Paint Shop Pro. ALL PICTURES ARE THUMBED!

I started with this picture of my friend:


I duplicated the picture and greyscaled one.

I copied the greyscale picture and pasted it on top of the other one as a new layer. You can now close the other greyscale picture, but I'll keep it there, just so you know what it looks like without color.

It should look completely greyscale now. Important: Pick the eraser tool. Then use the fuzz brush (it shades better). The size depends on how big your picture is or how much you want to color.

Then you just erase the grayscale, so you see the color underneath.
Merge both layers:

And then save! It should end up something like this. Sorry it looks kind of messy:

[technicolour]

Moved to Graphics Help....

I mean, it is a graphic isn't it?

[talcumpowder]

It actually looks rather like a filter in Photoshop Elements called "colourful center" or something along those lines.

[photoshopuser]

i was interested in how to do this too. is there a tutorial because i dont understand anything above for photoshop.

[freeflow]

http://www.createblog.com/tutorials/download.php?id=218

[ebonylaurels]

Or you could download freesoftware from google called picasso that does it for you...