Request Image effect

[adhossain]

Hi, I don't know is it the right place to request help.
BTW, I want to give an effect on my photo so that the photo becomes "black & white to color" from top-right to bottom-left corner of the image.
Thanks.

 

[Tom Mann]

Welcome! Yes, this is a great place to request help on PS technique.

The easiest way to achieve the effect you described is to add a "Desaturate" adjustment layer to the top of your layer stack, and then add a layer mask to it that goes from pure white in the upper RH corner to pure black in the lower LH corner.

I'll post an example in a minute.

Tom M

 

[Tom Mann]

These attachments should show you how to do it:

1. The original image. Don't be overwhelmed by the high artistic aesthetic of this image ;-). We were donating a bunch of kid's clothing and I was pressed into service photographically documenting the give-aways. This was the first image I grabbed that had a line of colored objects that would readily demonstrate selective desaturation.

2. The layer stack. I happened to use a vibrance / saturation adjustment layer, but one could just as easily use a B&W adjustment layer, a hue/saturation adjustment layer, or just use the desaturate command on a copy of the original. Also, I filled my layer mask with a simple left-to-right gradient from black to white. It's entirely up to you what angle you use, or you may consider manually painting in black where you want the original to show and white where you want the desaturation effect to show.

3. The result.


Tom M

 

[chitkaran]

Presecely what I was trying..

 

[adhossain]

These attachments should show you how to do it:

1. The original image. Don't be overwhelmed by the high artistic aesthetic of this image ;-). We were donating a bunch of kid's clothing and I was pressed into service photographically documenting the give-aways. This was the first image I grabbed that had a line of colored objects that would readily demonstrate selective desaturation.

2. The layer stack. I happened to use a vibrance / saturation adjustment layer, but one could just as easily use a B&W adjustment layer, a hue/saturation adjustment layer, or just use the desaturate command on a copy of the original. Also, I filled my layer mask with a simple left-to-right gradient from black to white. It's entirely up to you what angle you use, or you may consider manually painting in black where you want the original to show and white where you want the desaturation effect to show.

3. The result.


Tom M

Thanks for ur effort but I'm the novice and unable to do as u told. What I did is, Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Vibrance. The New Layer window came. Here, the Mode: Normal, Color: None, Opacity: 100%. Then I pressed the Ok button and added Gradient(Black-White) but nothing happened. What did I miss? Thanks again.

 

[Tom Mann]

Dear Adhossain, did you adjust the vibrance and saturation sliders to their extreme left positions? If you didn't move the sliders this layer will have no effect.

Tom M

 

[MikeMc]

Eagles...Dirty laundry is now running through my head

 

[Tom Mann]

Mike, LOL - That's hilarious! - Now I'm never going to get that song out of my mind whenever I run into that photo in the future.

However, I'll have you know those give-aways were absolutely sano. They might be wrinkled laying there on the basement sofa to get their picture taken ;-) , but we ran them through the washing machine on max power before we put them out for the charity pickup.

Cheers,

T

 

[adhossain]

Dear Adhossain, did you adjust the vibrance and saturation sliders to their extreme left positions? If you didn't move the sliders this layer will have no effect.

Tom M

Thanks. Finally I've done it

 

[MikeMc]

It was really on the radio when I saw this post......:mrgreen:

 

[ibclare]

Thanks. Finally I've done it

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