my first attempt at desaturation

***GETxERxDONE*** · 11-07-2007, 11:54 PM

let me know what you think!

Cr8tive_leo · 11-07-2007, 11:56 PM

AWESOME Desaturation! *grins* Be happy that Mother Nature didn't do this to you!

jdmEGO · 11-08-2007, 12:42 AM

Hootttt

***07mugencivic*** · 11-08-2007, 12:45 AM

love the pics.....

***GETxERxDONE*** · 11-08-2007, 05:04 AM

thanks guys! lemmie tell you..that tree was a pain in the ass haha

Gaspar_06_Civic_EX · 11-08-2007, 07:33 AM

How does one do that. I love the effect.. Looks awesome by the way..

Cr8tive_leo · 11-08-2007, 08:38 AM

Follow these simple steps

Start Photoshop or Paintshop, or any other paint program that supports layers.

1 - load image
2 - select image
3 - paste as new layer
4 - select background layer (you may want to turn off the top layer)
- HSL option, drag S all the way down (saturation) now it's B/W
5 - go to top layer, make it visible (it should be colour)
- Use eraser/lasso whatever tool you want to delete/erase parts of the
colour layer you don't want, and then, voila...

Gaspar_06_Civic_EX · 11-08-2007, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cr8tive_leo

Follow these simple steps

Start Photoshop or Paintshop, or any other paint program that supports layers.

1 - load image
2 - select image
3 - paste as new layer
4 - select background layer (you may want to turn off the top layer)
- HSL option, drag S all the way down (saturation) now it's B/W
5 - go to top layer, make it visible (it should be colour)
- Use eraser/lasso whatever tool you want to delete/erase parts of the
colour layer you don't want, and then, voila...

+1 Thanks!

Bambamsd · 11-08-2007, 03:02 PM

Wow! I really like this picture. I have a digital camera, but I never knew how to go about doing something like this. +rep for you.

-Clay

Gaspar_06_Civic_EX · 11-08-2007, 04:54 PM

Here is my attempt This shot was very sharp at 135mm max on my 28-135mm EF IS canon lens.

cation · 11-08-2007, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaspar_06_Civic_EX

Here is my attempt This shot was very sharp at 135mm max on my 28-135mm EF IS canon lens.

You missed a small green pine tree branch on the left side of the falls. :) Better than I could ever do though, I don't know the first thing about this stuff... It's neat though...

**GeezerSi** · 11-08-2007, 05:00 PM

Nice work!

A little tedium there... lol.

***GETxERxDONE*** · 11-08-2007, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bambamsd

Wow! I really like this picture. I have a digital camera, but I never knew how to go about doing something like this. +rep for you.

-Clay

thanks. its not that difficult, just time consuming and annoying at times. lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeezerSi

Nice work!

A little tedium there... lol.

tell me about it, especially for my first try lol

**NBPRudy** · 11-08-2007, 08:01 PM

thats pretty darn good...I wouldn't have guessed it was your first attempt.

sjlarue · 11-10-2007, 05:55 AM

Not the best image but...

marc showed me how to do this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc-o-lishuz

Desaturate, increase contrast (to make the blacks deeper), then use the History Brush tool to bring back the original colors.

I forgot to increase the contrast but the whole thing took me under five minutes.

JchanFTW · 11-20-2007, 03:57 AM

Use Black and White, it gives you a lot more control than just using desaturate.

sjlarue · 11-20-2007, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JchanFTW

Use Black and White, it gives you a lot more control than just using desaturate.

Some of the editing Prog. don't have that B&W console like CS has. I know Elements didn't. It just had Hue/saturation. Also Black and White gives you no control over the saturation. Just the amount of the depth of black. Sometimes I like to see a little color left, Makes it pastel. So I use Hue/Saturation adjustment.

TOMMIELOEKO · 11-20-2007, 04:37 AM

nice pics!

11-07-2007, 11:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Cr8tive_leo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 8,251 Adrian iTrader: 5 / 100%	AWESOME Desaturation! grins Be happy that Mother Nature didn't do this to you!

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jdmEGO Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 21 Posts: 2,801 d[-_-]b iTrader: 1 / 100%	Hootttt

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*GETxERxDONE* VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, Alabama Age: 22 Posts: 8,030 Nick iTrader: 3 / 100%	thanks guys! lemmie tell you..that tree was a pain in the ass haha

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Gaspar_06_Civic_EX Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mass Age: 34 Posts: 1,160 Shawn iTrader: 0 / 0%	How does one do that. I love the effect.. Looks awesome by the way..

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Cr8tive_leo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 8,251 Adrian iTrader: 5 / 100%	Follow these simple steps Start Photoshop or Paintshop, or any other paint program that supports layers. 1 - load image 2 - select image 3 - paste as new layer 4 - select background layer (you may want to turn off the top layer) - HSL option, drag S all the way down (saturation) now it's B/W 5 - go to top layer, make it visible (it should be colour) - Use eraser/lasso whatever tool you want to delete/erase parts of the colour layer you don't want, and then, voila...

11-08-2007, 03:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bambamsd Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Age: 40 Posts: 260 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Wow! I really like this picture. I have a digital camera, but I never knew how to go about doing something like this. +rep for you. -Clay

11-08-2007, 04:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Gaspar_06_Civic_EX Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mass Age: 34 Posts: 1,160 Shawn iTrader: 0 / 0%	Here is my attempt This shot was very sharp at 135mm max on my 28-135mm EF IS canon lens.

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JchanFTW Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 995 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Use Black and White, it gives you a lot more control than just using desaturate.

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TOMMIELOEKO Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 15bucks lil man, put that sh*t in my hand!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 8,106 Shake & Bake!!!! iTrader: 2 / 100%	nice pics!