How do I create partial black and white photos in Corel 12... New to the program!
WOW that was EASY!! Thanks Jeff. I'm gonna have some fun now!
Hi Lori, Glad you liked it. I try to make CorelDRAW and PP easy when possible. :-)Now that you know this technique, you can use it in many different ways. For ex... effect the top object in a different way instead of desaturating:effects | contour | edge detectThen erase through to the original below with a soft edged nib.There are a zillion effects...JD
I desaturated an image of my son and want to enhance the area I erased..his eyes. I want to put a brighter blue in them. How do I do this?
Thanks
Same way, but in reverse: mask a zorro style mask around his eyes and create a lens (or object) from the mask (making sure you are on the background, then bringing it to the front) - increase the saturation/hue and then use a soft eraser to take out the edges of the object/lens.
Hi Lori,
try this:
1. open your image and click Ctrl+D to duplicate it.2. desaturate the duplicate using a Lens (click the New Lens button which is right next to the New Object button at the bottom of the Objects Docker)3. Grab a paint brush ansd resize it as needed. Paint onto the image (lens object) in BLACK and it will HIDE the desaturated image wherever you brush to reveal the coloured image below. If you make a mistake simply paint with WHITE to SHOW the desaturated image again .
To brighten the eyes:
1. Click on the New Layer button at the bottom of the Objects Docker2. Change the merge mode (drop down box at the top of the Objects Docker which will initially say NORMAL) to OVERLAY.3. Paint over the eyes in WHITE on the new layer to lighen them. They will be way too light at first.4. Adjust the Opacity slider (right next to where you changed the merge mode) until you have the amount of lightening you desire.
If you were not actually wanting to lighten the eyes, but wanted to do something else, please let us know what you want to do with the eyes.
HTH.
Happy New Year!!!
I would open the image, the in the Object Docker I would use the LENS. You find "Lens" in the Object Docker, on the bottom om the docker.
I would via Lens choose either Desaturate (or the new added Gradiant Maps or Photo Filter, if you have X4 version). After that I would pick the ERASER tool in the toolbar. And select the Desaturate object and start erasing.
Iin Photo-Paint X4 in the LENS option you also have the Black & White Lens. This means you dont only have to use Desaturate, but can do even more adjustments with the B&W lens. See attached image below.
Here is the Black And White LENS. (We cant post two images in one post)Black & White Lens (filter) will give you a lot to work with, more fine tuning the grey. Try it out. And just erase using the eraser tool, to remove any parts you dont like to have grey out.