Remove And Restore Color For A Hand-Painted Look

By Dave Huss · Issue: V2N3 (2005)

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Related Tags: colorizing photos, selective coloring

A favorite effect is to make a photo appear hand-painted by removing all color and then either selectively restoring some of the colors to their original vivid hues, or replacing them with slight desaturation.

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Related Tags: colorizing photos, selective coloring

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1 Reply to Remove And Restore Color For A Hand-Painted Look:

Jeffrey
October 22, 2010 at 6:55 pm

When I click to the brush and in the mode: selection, it outlines with a dashed line. If I change the mode: mask, then it colors everything a solid color. I am not getting the return of normal color, even though I clicked x and it does toggle between black and white. How do I get the normal color to appear when using the brush?

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