what is the effect called...

[vrocious]

just wondering what this effect is called, wanna try it on some toranas i shot at a wedding.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2160/78/32/590285784/n590285784_1869551_5893.jpg

[XF Falcon]

Looks like the whole background is just converted to greyscale? Could probably do it by selecting the car, invert the selection, then do greyscale. Not sure if there is a proper name for this, or a quicker/easier way to do it?

[duste]

'Effect'?

In Photoshop:

Select car shape with lasso tool, Ctrl+Shift+I (invert selection), Ctrl+Shift+U (desaturate).

Alternatively you could duplicate the original layer (with full colours). On the top layer: Select the car shape, Layer->Layer Mask->Hide Selection. Select the whole layer now (Ctrl+A), Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate then you can play with the opacity of the layer to allow SOME colour through in the background (with the full colour of the car because you hid the selection of the car on the desaturated layer), gives a bit of a better 'effect' imo.

There's many methods of doing it, experiment and find your preferred method.

[vrocious]

haha sorry i should have been more specific, i mean the darkening around the edges coming from the outside like in the bottom of the photo, ive seen some where it is 360 degrees but couldnt find any

[duste]

It's called 'burning', at least that's what I call it.

I'm going to assume you're going it with a reasonably desaturated image (looks shithouse otherwise).

Ctrl+J (Duplicate Layer)

Ctrl+A (Select All)

Ctrl+Shift+U (Desaturate).

Grab your rectangular marquee tool, add a reasonable amount of 'feather' to it. Basically the feather determines how blurred the 'burn' will be.

Make a selection filling most of the image (leaving a border roughly the same as the feather size) then delete it.

Change the layer style to 'Multiply'.

[duste]

Here's a quickie done just then on a car from Google Images lol:

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/7812/step1xa.jpg
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/5263/step2yj.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5420/step3xg.jpg

If you want a darker burn you can duplicate the last layer (the one set to 'Multiply') or you can change the last layer's style to Colour or Layer Burn, but from my experience these tend to mess with the image quality quite a bit.

And don't forget about the windows in your selection like I did, doesn't look so great. :P If you wanted to make the image absolutely perfect you'd also (using the image I did as an example) go over the car and remove the blue reflections from the sky or at least dull them down a bit.

[Magic]

haha sorry i should have been more specific, i mean the darkening around the edges coming from the outside like in the bottom of the photo, ive seen some where it is 360 degrees but couldnt find any

darkening around the edges is known as vignetting or pin hole.

[Brockas]

Lens Vignetting.

[Basic]

Um.. dunno anything about taking photos but I do know Photoshop. Instead of using the lasso tool your better of using a masking layer and then converting that to a selection. It will let you use different types of brushes to get into spots you can't get with the lasso tool very well, it's easier to add and remove to the selection and it will give you a smoother result. For example FHM magazine covers, you can't lasso tool someones hair very well I'd guess it would be the same for the interior parts showing.

[ovaxitd]

off topic but what happened to gold rush vl

[V70R]

If done correctly, those pics of the American car would have the background in the windows desaturated as well..

[Gr3mlin]

off topic but what happened to gold rush vl

I hope it was burnt to the ground

with ben in it

[duste]

If done correctly, those pics of the American car would have the background in the windows desaturated as well..


And don't forget about the windows in your selection like I did, doesn't look so great. :P

It was a 5-minute job as an example mate, sorry for it not being up to your standards.

[V70R]

It was a 5-minute job as an example mate, sorry for it not being up to your standards.

LOL dude.
you still did a good job :slap:

[DRKWRX]

Selective colouring is just a way of trying to make a shit photo work, well most of the time anyways.