Reader small image

You're reading from  Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 - Fifth Edition

Product typeBook
Published inDec 2022
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803248455
Edition5th Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Robin Nichols
Robin Nichols
author image
Robin Nichols

Born in the UK, Robin Nichols has always had a great love for recording the world with a camera. After finishing school, he studied fine art, before moving on to study at Nottingham Trent University, where he gained a degree in creative photography. He subsequently worked in the advertising industry for several years, before emigrating to Australia in 1985. Robin has always worked in photography: as a black and white printer, a cameraman, a stock photographer, and a freelance photographer. During the 1990s, Robin contributed to several photo-centric publications in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK.
Read more about Robin Nichols

Right arrow

B&W Color Pop filter

Guided Edit Mode is, in this version of Adobe Photoshop Elements, a powerhouse of useful features. This one, B&W Color Pop, has been around for several versions—come to think of it, even some cameras have this feature as an inbuilt camera "look."

This is definitely one of the simpler Guided Edits on offer—it's only got four features or tools that you need to negotiate, and that makes it easy, simple, and fast.

Step one: Open the image and decide on the color you want to highlight (top screenshot, in red). I chose the yellow top of the child, as she's the main subject, but you can choose Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, or pick your own using the eye dropper if needed using the Select Custom Color button.

Step two: I liked the selection it made here (it was clean because there was no other yellow in the frame) so I didn't need to use the Fuzziness slider or the Refine Effect tool. I did whack...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 - Fifth Edition
Published in: Dec 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803248455

Author (1)

author image
Robin Nichols

Born in the UK, Robin Nichols has always had a great love for recording the world with a camera. After finishing school, he studied fine art, before moving on to study at Nottingham Trent University, where he gained a degree in creative photography. He subsequently worked in the advertising industry for several years, before emigrating to Australia in 1985. Robin has always worked in photography: as a black and white printer, a cameraman, a stock photographer, and a freelance photographer. During the 1990s, Robin contributed to several photo-centric publications in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK.
Read more about Robin Nichols