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What color are the balloons in your world?

© Peggy Wolff

What color are the balloons in your world?

Uploaded: March 21, 2004

Description

selective coloring

Comments

Charlene Bayerle March 21, 2004

This is just outstanding, Margaret!!! #109162

Peggy Wolff March 21, 2004

Charlene, I love you to bits! #438539

Lori Ditlefsen March 21, 2004

Nice shot and wonderful image with the coloring Margaret! Well done! #438564

Joy Brown March 21, 2004

I agree with Char - this is a winner, Margaret - great job! #438602

Casey A. Hanson March 21, 2004

This is so unique and wonderful- I love it!! #438677

Kat Pokora March 21, 2004

Very clever, Margaret! Please tell, how did you do it? #438692

William C. Raco level-classic March 21, 2004

Outstanding idea and finished product.
Love this one, Margaret!

bill #438824

Carol Brill March 21, 2004

Margaret, what a gift you have for capturing children and putting them in such creative and photogenically original situations! This is marvelous! #438827

Peggy Wolff March 21, 2004

Thank you all for taking the time to comment. :o) Kat, I have the directions saved since I have been asked so many times. Here you go. To bring back all of the color.

1. Open an RGB image.

2. Drag the background image to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette.

3. Working on your background copy, go to Images > Adjustments > Desaturate.
4. At this point, go to background copy and adjust levels for more contrast.

5. With your zoom tool, enlarge your image to between 100-200% to see detail.

6. Click on Eraser tool in the tool bar. Select a small to med. size soft brush and set it at 100% opacity.

7. Erase any black and white area of the image you want the color to be restored. You can also change the opacity level to give a more hand-painted look. #438875

Shirley L. Carpenter March 21, 2004

Excellentimage Margaret!!I agree with Charlene!!!!WINNER!!! #438989

Kristen McKain March 21, 2004

love it! #439027

Murry Grigsby March 21, 2004

Wonderful title and image Margaret--our lives are what we paint them :0) Creative idea and very well executed. Kudos to your model also. Well done!! #439040

Jessica Hughes March 21, 2004

Great image Margaret!
Jessica #439051

Dale Ann Cubbage March 21, 2004

Margaret this is outstanding! So cute and clever! Just so darn cute! #439101

Peggy Wolff March 21, 2004

Thank you Dale, Jessica,Murry, Kristen, Shirley,Carol, Kat, Bill,Casey, Joy, Lori and Char! #439246

March 21, 2004

I agree, Winner !! Fantastic shot. #439472

Colette M. Metcalf March 21, 2004

Just wonderful!!! #439524

Darren K. Fisher March 21, 2004

This has to be one of the best selective coloring images I have seen. Very very well done, I second that this is a winner. #439657

Peggy Wolff March 22, 2004

Thank you Darren, Colette and Pete! #440188

Serena Pierce level-classic March 22, 2004

Great image! Very creative and what a cute assistant! #441499

Peggy Wolff March 23, 2004

Thanks Serena! She is my #3 and an imp. We took this shot about 5 minutes before all her friends came over for her 6 year Birthday party. #442184

Susana Matos April 21, 2004

Absolutely wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!
Cheers from Portugal, Su #496065

Susana Matos April 21, 2004

Absolutely wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!
Cheers from Portugal, Su #496066

Peggy Wolff April 22, 2004

Thanks Su! #496592

Sherrie H. Penny April 24, 2004

Margaret, wonderful! I love it... #499848

Peggy Wolff April 24, 2004

Thank you Sherrie! #499862

Dr Silly level-classic May 22, 2004

Love this shot, I am a clown and would like to do something like this for my clown busness cards.
#555196

Peggy Wolff May 23, 2004

Thanks William. Ya know what would be cute...You could be all dressed up and holding a big bunch of and pose like you are flying up. Look a little down and nervous like you did not mean to do that. Then take a photo of your outside background and then another one of just you. You could then add the photo later well above the ground.
I will be shooting another balloon shot later this summer that will be very complicated but I can not wait to shoot it. Have fun with this! If you need a photographer I am in MN. ;o) #556203

Peggy Wolff May 23, 2004

OK, I was interupted WAY to many times during that short note. You could have a big bunch of BALLOONS. LOL You would then add the photo of just you to the background photo. You could make the background B&W and just you and the balloons in color if you wanted to do selective coloring. So you really popped off the page. #556210

Susana Ms Heide August 05, 2004

What a nice gallery you have, Peggy!! I especially LOVE this picture! The selective coloring is perfect!! And the title fits so well. Just love everything about it!! #689281

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