We are off to see our neice Katie perform again tonight, so I decided to learn a little more about the process of selective coloring today and post this picture using the technique. Thanks to Nicole who gave me a tip on a much easier way than what I had been doing!!
@nanascraps Thanks Barbara- in the past I'd taken black and white shots and painstakingly, layer by layer, put the color in. I never really got the color to the intensity I wanted. But Nicole Campbell said she starts with a color picture, processes it to black and white and then brings the color back in. I poked around Picnik and found a effect called Focal Black and White- which basically puts everything in b/w and then gives you a radius in which you can put color back in. There is also a "reverse" button, so I suppose you could also put it in color and highlight something in b/w. Anyway- that's how I accomplished this one. Much easier and much, much better! @kerristephens Thanks Kerri- I've always loved them. This is a "seedling" from a friend's plant that I should have planted a few weeks ago!
@karenann Thanks Karenann- you make me smile! @pandorasecho Thanks Dixie- I have never seen that movie (long explanation for that) but I know what you're talking about- the red coat. @flydragon Thank you Flydragon! @sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry- believe me, if I can do it- you can do it! See my explanation to Barbara above. It's much easier than I thought. I use Picnik, but I'm sure all the top photoprocessing programs have it too. @melorac Thank you Carole- I think you'll find it quite easy this way. @digitalrn Thanks Rick- what do you do to put them away. I was thinking I should put them in my shed out of the weather. Is that what you do? Or do you bring them inside? @honeybees Thank you Rebecca! I appreciate that! @myautofocuslife Thanks Livia! Yes they do- they're greenery is so lush. @steeler Thanks Howard! @alia_801 Thanks Alia! @cimes1 Thank you Carole!
@prttblues Thanks Bev- it's not as hard as I thought. See the explanation to Barbara in the first comment reply. If I can figure it out, so can you! Your light shots look far more complicated! @changingtides Thanks Allie!
@tammylarson Thank you Tammy! @geertje Thank you Geertje! @crickle1969 Thank you Crickle!
I really appreciate your enthusiastic comments. I'm proud of this one!
@bruni Thanks Bruni- it's not really. In Picnik it's called focal black and white. Basically you upload the color picture then go into the focal black and white. A circle will appear on the picture to highlight whatever you want to keep in color. You can adjust the size of the circle to whatever amount you want.
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri- I've always loved them. This is a "seedling" from a friend's plant that I should have planted a few weeks ago!
@pandorasecho Thanks Dixie- I have never seen that movie (long explanation for that) but I know what you're talking about- the red coat.
@flydragon Thank you Flydragon!
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry- believe me, if I can do it- you can do it! See my explanation to Barbara above. It's much easier than I thought. I use Picnik, but I'm sure all the top photoprocessing programs have it too.
@melorac Thank you Carole- I think you'll find it quite easy this way.
@digitalrn Thanks Rick- what do you do to put them away. I was thinking I should put them in my shed out of the weather. Is that what you do? Or do you bring them inside?
@honeybees Thank you Rebecca! I appreciate that!
@myautofocuslife Thanks Livia! Yes they do- they're greenery is so lush.
@steeler Thanks Howard!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia!
@cimes1 Thank you Carole!
Thanks to one and all!!!
@changingtides Thanks Allie!
@geertje Thank you Geertje!
@crickle1969 Thank you Crickle!
I really appreciate your enthusiastic comments. I'm proud of this one!