This is my first tutorial so bare with me. thanks.

Well have you ever seen pictures that have some color and the rest is black and white? I will show you how to do that kind of photo editing really easily. Enjoy.

Prelude: You want to have the default colors set, Press D to do so.

Step 1: You need to get a stock image. In this case its a picture of a duck i took.


Step 2: Next you need to get the magnetic lasso tool, just right click on the lasso to get 2 more options, and its the one with the little magnet.


Step 3: Select the part of the picture that you want to be in color. In this case i selected the ducks bill. TIP: When selecting something, it is usually best to zoom in so you have a better look at what you are selecting

Step 4: Go to select>Inverse. Or Shift+Crtl+I This makes everything but the bill selected.


Step 5: Now go to Image>Adjustments>Gradient Map. And select the default black and white. This will turn everything black and white, with the bill still in color.


And here is my final Result.




Please tell me what you liked or disliked about this tutorial. Thanks for trying it out.