Tutorial: Black and White with some parts colored using Photoshop CS3

Step 1. Make color pictures into black and white
1. Open your image file in Photoshop CS3.
2. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Channel Mixer.


3. Click OK.


4. Checked / Ticked the Monochrome check box.
5. Adjust the Red, Green, Blue percentage. These 3 values need to add up to be 100%


Note: If you stop here, this is how you can convert regular color digital photos into black and white photos.

Step 2. Highlight the objects you want colored
1. Select Brush Tool.
2. Set Foreground Color to black and Background color to white.


3. Select a brush size. Here I selected 50 px.


4. Paint over the area which you want colored with the brush. Adjust the size of the brush as needed.


5. Opps, I painted a wrong area. How? Just switch the foreground to be white and background to be black and paint over the "wrong" area. Or you can un-do, of course.

Taa-daa.. so, this is how you can make your digital images or pictures into Black and White with some parts colored using Photoshop CS3.. here are the before and after:

Biow Tutorial: Black and White with some parts colored using Photoshop CS3

See also:
1. Tutorial: Adding copyright watermark to your images using Photoshop
2. Biow Tutorial: Animate series of images with Photoshop CS3
3. Tutorial: Reflection effect in PS
4. Reference: Photoshop Magnifying Glass Tutorial
5. Reference: Add Speech Balloons and Text Bubbles to Your Photos in Photoshop or Elements Tutorial