Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Snapshot Photo

Color Snapshot / B&W Background

1. Make a rectangle selection of the area that you want to be in color using the Rectangular Marquee tool

2. Choose Select -> Transform Selection and click and drag outside the bounding box to angle the selection. Hit Enter. From the Select menu choose Inverse

3. From the Image menu choose Adjustments -> Desaturate. Then press Shift - Control - I to get back to your original selection

4. From the Edit menu choose Stroke. Enter 12 for the width and change the position to Inside


B&W Snapshot/ Color Background

1. Make a rectangle selection of the area that you want to be in color using the Rectangular Marquee tool

2. Choose Select -> Transform Selection and click and drag outside the bounding box to angle the selection.

3. From the Image menu choose Adjustments -> Desaturate.

4. From the Edit menu choose Stroke. Enter 12 for the width and change the position to Inside

2 comments:

OklahomaMomma said...

Thanks for this! I just tried it out and it was so easy! Great instructions.

agrandexpression said...

I was trying this Elements 4.0, and I cannot get the rectangular marquee to rotate without dragging the selection with it, thus distorting the picture. In other words, I can't figure out how to make my box at an angle.

Any suggestions?