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Sarah E. Hunt

Black and white with a splash of color


	Heather's Photo What is this called? What kind of digital camera? I want to take photos like these! Sarah E. Hunt

What is it called when you have a black and white photograph with a splash of color?? And, I have used the programs where you can choose where to add the color back into certain places in the photo, but what is it called when a camera can do that on its own? I have several friends who have taken photos and they're black and white, but all of the yellow or blue or red in the photo - even in the subjects' cheeks - is the original color, and I'm jealous! I want to be able to take these photos, but my camera doesn't ahve the setting!

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May 29, 2008

Ermmm... you could call it a 'partially coloured B/W photo', Sarah...

And it is not a setting on a camera that achieves that, but it is the editing on the computer, after the photo was taken, that does it. You need software that has a 'History Brush' among its features. Adobe CS3, for instance.

Have fun!