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TECHNIQUE: Selective Photo Tinting
By Shelleyrae Cusbert 2005
Dec 16, 2005, 00:03

This tutorial should be applicable for versions Digital Image Pro 7 to Digital Image Pro 2006 Suite.

Open your photo of choice. Remember to work on a duplicate. (Edit > Duplicate Whole Project and close the original photo to avoid altering it)

Select the photo and choose Edit> Duplicate. This creates an exact duplicate of the photo on top of the original.

Select the duplicate (top object) and turn this photograph black and white. If you don’t know how to do this, view these tutorials <a href=http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-script/tutorials/publish/article_379.shtml>Turning Color Photographs Black and White in DIP 9 and 10<a/> or <a href=http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-script/tutorials/publish/article_379.shtml> Turning Color Photographs Black and White in DIP 2006 Suite<a/>

With the black and white version selected, choose Effects> Transparency> Transparency Brush or use keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+T

Select a brush size to suit the task you are doing. You may need to vary the brush size during the task.

Select a brush style - your choice will be influenced by the task you are doing.

Adjust the paint transparency. You can elect how much of the color shows through. Choosing 100% will ensure the exact color underneath shows through while lowering the transparency will mute the strength of the color.

Move the cursor to the photograph, it becomes a round circle with a crosshair at the center. Click and/or drag to reveal the portions of the color photograph underneath as desired. Zoom in to help you select the areas with precision.

I have selected just the eye area to emphasize the blue eyes. Select Done when satisified.

If you deleted the bottom color layer your black and white version would have areas of transparency as shown below..

Select Edit> Flatten All Objects to combine the two images into one.

The photograph is a now a single image. Add to your layout or save with a new name for later use.