selective color on Blk/Wht photo

[keithallen]

Hello,
I am wanting to know how to create a photo that has a specific area of a photo containing the original color and the rest of the photo be black and white. I am using Corel Paitshop Pro X4 Ultimate.
Thanks,

[Kathy_9]

There are a number of ways to achieve this. One way is to use the selection tool to select the area you want to show color and then promote the selection to a layer. Then select the original background layer and convert it to B&W.

You can also add an adjustment layer for hue, saturation and lightness; reduce the saturation so the image is B&W and then paint with black on the adjustment layer where you want color to show through.

[keithallen]

Thank you very much....

[Kathy_9]

You've welcome. If you get stuck or need more detailed instructions, just holler.