Painting Color into Black and White

Photography Section

• Find a colored object
  • The brighter the color the better
    • No black/white/grey
• Have a person hold a paint brush
  • The brush should be touching the object so it looks like it is painting on it.
• Take the photo

Photoshop Section

Step 1:

• Open photograph in Photoshop
• Use the Crop Tool  to cut out anything extra in the photo

Step 2:

• Click Control J on the background layer
  • This will duplicate the layer

Step 3:

• Click the Eye Dropper Tool
• Click anywhere in the area near the paintbrush tip
  • This will select that color

Step 4:

• Click the Paint Brush Tool
•  Paint just the tip of the paint brush.  Don’t over do this step

Step 5:

• Go to the top Left side of Layers
  • Change Normal to Color

Step 6:

• Click the Adjustments circle at the bottom of Layers
  • Pick Black and White

Step 7:

• Select the Paint Brush Tool
  • Make sure Black is on top and White on bottom for the colors

Step 8:

• On the tip of the paint brush, paint back in the color

Step 9:

• Paint in a small section of the color
  • Do NOT paint the whole object
    • You want it to look like you have just started to paint it

Step 10:

• If you paint to much color you can remove it
  • Flip the paint brush color
    • White on top Black on bottom
      • Paint off the color you do not want

Step 11:

• When you are finished
  • Right click on Layers
    • Flatten Image