September 2006
Beginner
574 pages
24h 23m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
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270 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
Creating Spot Color
NOTE If you’re planning to print the results of your conversion, the paper you use can make a
big difference in the gray tones you get. If you don’t like the results from your usual paper, then
try a different weight or brand. You’ll need to experiment because the inks for different printer
models react differently with different brands of paper.
Creating Spot Color
Removing almost all the color from a photo but leaving one or two objects in vivid
tones, called spot color, is a very effective artistic device that’s long been popular in
the print industry. (The term can also have a different meaning among those in the
commercial printing business, where it refers to the use of a special ink for a par-
ticular color in a multi-colored image.) Figure 10-3 shows an example of spot
color. To practice the maneuvers you’re about to learn, download the photo (barn.
jpg) from the “Missing CD” page at www.missingmanuals.com.
This section walks you through three of the easiest methods. You can erase your
way back to color, change only a selected area to black and white, or use an Adjust-
ment layer. In learning to use the last method, you’ll also learn how to edit the
layer mask of an Adjustment layer so that you can change the area the adjustment
affects.
The end result looks the same no matter which of these methods you choose. Just
select the ...
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