Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

ADD A TOUCH OF COLOR to a black-and-white conversion
You can hand-tint any grayscale photograph with
Photoshop, as shown in a previous task. You can also
start with a color image, convert it to grayscale using
any of the methods shown in task #55, and then
colorize it or just add color to specific elements to get
a very different look. Tinting a photo you just
converted to grayscale is much easier to accomplish.
You can paint-in the color, giving your photo a
watercolor painting like effect by changing the opacity
of the brush as you paint. Starting with a low brush
opacity, you add layers to bring back the original
color gradually.
If you have already saved a grayscale version of the
photo without the original layers, you can still use the
method shown here. Open both the original color
image and the converted grayscale photo. Using the
Move tool, press and hold Shift as you click and drag
the grayscale version onto the original color photo.
Then follow steps 4 to 14 of this task using the Eraser
tool rather than the Brush tool to paint a very
creative image.
1 Open a color photo.
2 Follow steps in task #55 to apply
a Black & White or a Channel
Mixer adjustment layer.
The photo appears in grayscale.
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A The color photo is the
Background layer. The
adjustment layer with a white
mask appears as the second layer.
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3 Click the layer mask thumbnail in
the Layers panel to select it.
4 Click the Switch Colors icon to
reset the foreground to black and
background to white.
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5 Click the Brush tool ( ).
6 Click the Brush Preset drop-down
menu to open the Brush picker.
7 Click the soft-edged brush.
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