Mixed Medium Digital Images
Convert your standard digital images into a photo where the main subject stands apart from the background. Have your subject in color, while the rest stays in the black and white.

author:
  Blake
title:
  Mixed Medium Digital Images
date:
  Sun 26 December 2004
category:
  Photo Manipulation
credits:
 
Mixed Medium Digital Images


Open a Digital image

Open your digital image in Adobe Photoshop.



Go to the layer

With your file open, go to the layers menu and click the half black and half white circle at the bottom of the window. (If your window is not open, go to Windows>Layers) Now go to Channel Mixer.



Channel Mixer

In the Channel Mixer dialog box, tick the Monochrome box. In the Source Levels section, set Red - 40%, Green - 60%, and Blue -10%. Press OK.



Set the size

Your image should now be Black and White. If it is, you are on the right track. Now get the Eraser and set it to whichever size will allow you to erase the parts of your image that you would like in color.

Just click on the parts that should be in color and you will see how this works wonders by changing it back to color. Erase what you need to stay in color and the remainder of the image will stay black and white.

Just save the image as you please and you're done! Heres my final effect:

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