Color Accent a Photo

If you have ever wanted to know how to color accent a photo, then this tutorial is for you!  Below is the tutorial text.  Click here if you want the full "Color Accent a Photo Tutorial" with accompanying pictures and screen shots. 

Color Accent a Photo Tutorial

This tutorial uses Corel Paint Shop Pro X4

1. Open the file you wish to modify.  Save this as a new file so that you preserve the original one.   For this tutorial, I will be using a picture of my daughter. 
2. Right click on the Layer Palate and pick Duplicate.  Alternately, go to the menu and choose Layers → Duplicate. 
3. Click Home on the Learning Center Palate**.  Click Effects then choose “Convert to Black and White”.    Alternately, you can click on the menu:  Effects  → Photo Effects  → Black and White Film.  At this point, the default settings should be adequate for changing the image to black and white.  You can always play around with the settings if you want to try for a different look.  You can also try some of the other effects such as Sepia to make unique and different image types.  Trying out different looks can be fun.  Use your creativity! 
4. At this point you have a black and white copy on top of the color copy of your image.  All you need to do is erase the parts of the black and white image that you want to show as color.  You can use both the Eraser tool and Background Eraser tool from the toolbar.  
5. Once you are finished and happy with your image, save the file as a .jpg file.  If you think you may want to come back to the file later and make additional changes, also save the file as a .pspimage file.  This way the layers you created will not compress and you can continue editing where you left off. 

Notes:

**To show the Learning Center Palate, Click Help → Learning Center. 

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