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Bird Weekly: Dipping Birds in the Selective Color Processing Bath Using PS Elements

Today Lisa from Bird Weekly challenge truly challenges our skills in converting color pictures to black and white with a dab of color. I have Photoshop Elements 15, one of the older versions you can buy, but still does more than a lot of people give it credit for doing. The second picture was edited…

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Today Lisa from Bird Weekly challenge truly challenges our skills in converting color pictures to black and white with a dab of color. I have Photoshop Elements 15, one of the older versions you can buy, but still does more than a lot of people give it credit for doing.

trio galah birds in Australia
Australian Galah’s at the Healesville Sanctuary

The second picture was edited in the guided portion of Photoshop Elements called Black and White Selection. You can add or subtract color. After I subtracted all the color, I added a gold filter in the expert section and flattened the image.

Straight Black under the Enhance section. This takes 1 second at the max! 🙂

Have a great weekend.

32 responses to “Bird Weekly: Dipping Birds in the Selective Color Processing Bath Using PS Elements”

  1. imageclippingpathindia Avatar
    imageclippingpathindia

    Professional Photo Editor. Better Color Selecting & changing. Impress before & after image.

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  3. Lisa Coleman Avatar
    Lisa Coleman

    You did an awesome job with your Galahs. I’m so glad I was able to get this challenge in. I’m going to see how it goes this week, but I should be okay. 🙂

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      You are a strong woman, my friend. You will be okay. I’m so glad you were able to squeeze out the time to follow through. That add another cord of strength to your core. 🙂

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      1. Lisa Coleman Avatar
        Lisa Coleman

        Thanks Marsha! I’m going to be okay because I have awesome friends like you. 🙂

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          Friendship makes us all stronger. 🙂

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          1. Lisa Coleman Avatar
            Lisa Coleman

            Sure does! 🙂

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  4. Toonsarah Avatar
    Toonsarah

    Well done – like me you’ve learned a new PS Elements technique thanks to Lisa and your finished photo is very effective. By the way, I have version 12 of Elements and I still get along just fine with it 🙂 I’m reluctant to upgrade because it would mean paying a monthly subscription whereas this was a one-off purchase!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Hi Sarah, that’s exactly right! I think I had Elements 12, on my old Apple computer that died, and I didn’t know how to get it back. I was fortunate to have written down my serial number or whatever was needed for Adobe to let me download it to my new computer when we spilled coffee on my next computer. It really is a one-time purchase. I loved your comment on Amanda and Sandy’s interview. You are such an encouraging as well as a talented person, my friend. 🙂

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      1. Toonsarah Avatar
        Toonsarah

        Ah, now I’m blushing 😊

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          You blush easily. 🙂

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  5. Jim Borden Avatar
    Jim Borden

    well done!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Jim. 🙂

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        Jim Borden

        👍

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  6. Cee Neuner Avatar
    Cee Neuner

    Marsha, you did a great job with Elements. I like your birds. 😀 😀

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Cee. There were two ways to do it in the Guided part of Elements. I wasn’t crazy about how the first one came out so I didn’t publish it, and I was in a hurry, so I didn’t redo it either. Even though it took me less than five or ten minutes, it is not as easy as watching you make changes using Bridge.

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  7. Cathy Cade Avatar
    Cathy Cade

    I can turn everythig black and white but that’s about it! I have Gimp, which I’m sure does loads of things I’d like to do with pics, but I don’t even understand the terms in the user manual. 😦

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Cathy, I’m laughing to myself. OMG I get that. The terminology is irritating. It’s all English. You know the words, but they don’t make sense. This is a vent post I did years ago about creating a landing page. The whole problem is vocabulary. I have a new camera. I struggle with manuals. I’m on p. 23.

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  8. Susan Joy Clark Avatar
    Susan Joy Clark

    I love these birds. They’re so pretty. 🙂

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Susan. I like them too! 🙂

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  9. anne leueen Avatar
    anne leueen

    Nice work Marsha!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, there are tons of ways to accomplish the same thing, but I was thrilled to learn I could do it with Elements. 🙂

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  10. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    So sweet.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Sadje. 🙂

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      1. Sadje Avatar
        Sadje

        You’re welcome 😉

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  11. RuthScribbles Avatar
    RuthScribbles

    I have PS Elements. But I’m usually using my phone.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I don’t use my iPhone as much as I could, I’m sure. I just checked out the filters on iPhone. Pretty cool! 🙂

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      1. RuthScribbles Avatar
        RuthScribbles

        I use Snapseed!

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          I’ll check it out. I did see how I could turn a photo black and white on my iPhone, but not how I could save it as a different file or how I could do a pop of color.

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          1. RuthScribbles Avatar
            RuthScribbles

            I’m not sure Snapseed does the singular pop of color, but I bet there is a way to do it. Turning a photo b&w is better in Snapseed. I’m going to have to check ps elements to see how to do a pop of color.

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          2. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            It’s super easy in Elements.

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          3. RuthScribbles Avatar
            RuthScribbles

            Thx. I’ll remember that!

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