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From YourSITE.com *Technique This tutorial will show you how to spot tint or selectively color an area of a photo using Paint Shop Pro 9.0. 1. Begin by opening the color photo you would like to tint and create a duplicate of the photo (keyboard shortcut: Shift+D). Close the original photo. In the example, the watermelon will be the selected area to retain its color while the rest of the photo will be black and white. 
2. Create a duplicate layer of this photo by opening the Layers menu and clicking Duplicate. 
3. You should now have two layers showing on the Layers palette (Background and Copy of Background). 
4. Promote the Background layer to a Raster layer (right-click > Promote Background Layer) and rename it to “Color” (right-click > Rename). 
5. Rename the Copy of Background layer to “B+W” (right-click > Rename). 
6. Be sure the B+W layer is activated (click once on the B+W layer in the Layers palette). Reduce the saturation of your photo until it is black and white by opening the Adjust menu and clicking on Hue and Saturation then clicking on Hue/Saturation/Lightness.  7. The Hue/Saturation/Lightness box
should now appear. Check the Colorize box and enter “0” in each of the fields.
Click OK.
8. Create a new mask layer by opening the Layers menu and clicking on New Mask Layer then clicking Show All. 
9. Be sure your foreground color is black and background color is white. 
10. Choose your paintbrush tool and begin masking the black and white watermelon to allow the color watermelon to show through. You may need to adjust the size and hardness of the brush. If you make a mistake and reveal too much of the background photo, switch to the white and begin painting or unmasking the desired areas. 
11. Continue masking until the desired affect is achieved. 
12. When the selected area has been tinted, flatten the image by opening the Layers menu and clicking on Merge then Merge All (Flatten). You can now save this photo or copy it into your layout. As you can see, this technique can be especially effective in highlighting areas of your photos to create dramatic impact.    
Have fun experimenting!
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