My First Tutorial - Selective Color

Here is my first photoshop tutorial...it you are new to photoshop as I am it will be a learning experience for us all...I am in LOVE with this program and it never ceases to amaze me just what PS will do to your photos...I have learned allot I mean allot about PS and Elements for this wonderful blog that I visit almost daily....BOBBI just never stops giving me inspiration she is a beautiful scrapper booker and her photography is just amazing....So here is one of the first and easiet things you can do in PS...

1. Open your photo in PS. Make sure your little black and white boxes towards the bottom of your screen are set to black on top...yeah I forgot to do that before I took the screen shot, so mine are currently set wrong and you can change them by clicking on the arrow and it will shift the black to the top....
   

2. To ensure I never overwrite the current pic I want to work on I always make a duplicate copy. To do this click on "Image" than "Duplicate". Close your original and we are good to go on to the next step.3. Now we are going to create a new layer...you achieve this by clicking on "Layer - New Adjustment Layer - Gradient Map". Now all you have to do is click on your Paintbrush and holding your mouse button down, carefully draw in the color you want back on your black and white photo...For Larger areas I use a larger brush and for areas that are small choose a small brush, it takes some practice to move your mouse without going into areas you don't want to but thank the Lord for the UNDO button!!

Now flatten your image by selecting Layer - Flatten Image ...save it and your done...

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial...I will get better with Time I swear....