
Sep 24, 2013
There must be umpteenth ways to produce an image that features both grayscale and colour pixels. We've shown you several in the past and we're going to show you at least one more. It's worth it because the results can be stunning. An added bonus of this technique is you can continue to work in RGB Colour mode.
To selectively desaturate colour from an image:
- Open an RGB image in Photoshop.
- Select the area you want to isolate from the rest of the image.
- Choose Make Selection from the Paths panel pop-up menu, and then click OK in the resulting dialogue box to accept the default settings.
- Choose Select > Inverse.
- Press [c][shift]U ([Ctrl][Shift]U in Windows) or choose Image > Adjustments > Desaturate. The unselected area retains its colour, and the selected area appears as though it's grayscale—all while in RGB colour mode.
Applies to Adobe Photoshop CS6 / CS5 / CS4 / CS3
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