How do i color/highlight just one Object in a Picture?

How do you take a black and white photo and add color to just one certain object. e.i A close up of a face where the eyes are like purple or something. does it take a special program? Can anyone give me clear and precise directions on how to do this? it would be much appreciated! thanks:)How do i color/highlight just one Object in a Picture?
It is called Selective (or partial) desaturation.





1. Duplicate your background layer.


2. Desaturate that layer (i.e. make it b%26amp;w).


3. Apply a layer mask to the layer. Use the black brush to paint on the layer mask (make sure that is where you are, not on the image itself). That will bring the color back to those areas. If you make a mistake, change the brush to white and go over it.


4. When you're happy, flatten and save.





If you don't have any image editors, you can do it for free on www.picnik.com in their effects section.





Here is how to do it on picnik.com:





Upload a photo


Click on the ';Create'; tab


Click on ';Black and white';


In the ';Effect Painting'; box, choose ';Original';


Choose a brush size, then simply paint the color back in where you want it.


If you make a mistake, change it to ';Effect'; and go over the mistake.


Save the picture.








P.S. this question gets asked several times a day.


A quick search on Yahoo Answers would have brought up countless responses.How do i color/highlight just one Object in a Picture?
You can use GIMP for selective coloring. It is free to download.





http://gimp.org





Here is the procedure:





http://www.gimpguru.org/Tutorials/Select鈥?/a>





Also, as said, you can find plenty of answers with a simple search. Today I think must be setting some kind of record for this question. I have seen it several times and I have spent very little time here today. In total, this question has probably been asked HUNDREDS of times and people are getting very tired of seeing it. So just do a quick and easy search and you will find all the info you want about it.





steve
Step 1: look at the top of this page


Step 2: find search bar


Step 3: type in selective color


Step 4: read


People ask this question everyday.
This is called selective coloring and there are two way`s you can do that with gimp if you have it. Gimp is a free photo editing software.the first way. Put your picture into gimp and duplicate it by left clicking on the icon that looks like a picture inside another picture next to the one that look`s like a anchor in your layers,chanel box. Make the layer you have just made is highlighted by left clicking on it. Then Desaturate the layer that you have just made and make it B%26amp;W by left clicking on colors and drop down box click on Desaturate. Apply a layer mask to the layer by right clicking on the layer and in the drop down box left click on Add layer mask... make sure that White (full opacity) is selected click on the add Button at the bottom of the drop down box make sure that you are you are on the layer mask box, not on the image itself by clicking on the layer mask box next to the layer you made. Then use the black brush to paint on the layer mask That will bring the color back to those areas. If you make a mistake, change the brush to white and go over it.





The secund way to do what is called selective coloring with gimp.Here`s is how you can have some part`s of a picture B%26amp;W with some part`s color. To make that kind of picture with Gimp. First open gimp put in the picture that you want to make with some color and B%26amp;W. Use the path tool to in-close the part of the picture that you want to be color. The path tool will leave a lot of little dot`s around the part that you want to be color. After you in close the part that you want to be color go to your keyboard and push the Ctrl button to close the path then go to select click on it a drop down box will come up click on from path then go back to select and click on it again in the drop down box click on invert. Then go to color`s click on it and in the drop down box click on Desaturate if you want all the picture to be B%26amp;W and just have that one part color. Or if you want to have some color in the B%26amp;W part and full color in the part you select then click on select and Hue-saturation and in the Hue-saturation box use the slider button where it say`s saturation to adjust the amount of color that you want in the B%26amp;W part then click on ok at the bottom of the box.If you want two or more part`s to be in color than click on the dot`s that path tool make`s and use the path tool to in-close the other`s part`s that you want to make color but don`t click on the first dot or the last dot that the path tool make`s or it won`t work click on one of the dot`s in-between the first and last dot`s that the path tool make`s. Do this for each path that you make.Here are some tutorial`s that can also help you .





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUHZxXvgA鈥?/a>





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c282wZpmb鈥?/a>





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtAFDPiIv鈥?/a>





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6jgHrLkp鈥?/a>





Here is where you can get gimp if you don`t have it. http://www.gimp.org/





I hope this can help you.