Photo Tinting

I use Photoshop Elements for this...I'm not sure how it works in Photoshop CS3 or CS4..I will try and find out. But for all of you PSE'ers...here ya go....

First, open up a photo (ctrl O). Press D to make sure your default layers are selected (black and white, with black being the top square and white being the bottom square in the left corner of your photoshop screen.)

Now, click on the Layer tab, scroll down until you see New Adjustment Layer and then select Gradient Map.





Click O.k.


Click o.k. again.


^notice the black & white square above...


Now, to get working, press B (for brush tool) and run your brush over any area you want to be in color. You can adjust the size of your brush by pressing the bracket keys (next to the letter P on your keyboard). Make sure the black square is always on top...it will only show the color if the black square is selected.


To be precise, press Z for the zoom tool and zoom in closer to get in all the tiny nooks. Press B to go back to the brush tool.

Don't worry about any mistakes you may make...we will fix them next step. For now, just get everything you want in color, in color.


To fix anything in color that you want in black and white, do this:

Once you have selected the white square by clicking the arrow, take your brush (B) over any area you want in black and white that you accidentally put in color. Remember, if you want something in color, click the arrow to select black again.



Good job!

Burned Edge

Now that your photo is tinted, how about taking it up one more notch? I don't even know if burned edge is what professionals would call this, but here ya go...

First, select a photo to do this too if you don't have one opened yet.



Press D to make sure your default colors are selected before going to the next step.

(sorry about the typo above..it's late, so I'm not gonna fix it. I meant to say It should look like this, not Is should look like this...)

Now press M to select the marquee tool. You can do this in the shape of a rectangle , oval etc. I chose to
do it in the shape of a rectangle for this photo.

Draw your rectangle.

Now go up to the Select tab and choose the Feather option.



Click O.k. Now press backspace.

Ta Da!


To adjust the opacity, select only layer 1 by clicking on it, then click on the down arrow next to Opacity. Slide the scale until you find the right level for you.




And here is the cute lil princess herself!