Edit , since I uploaded this I have had quite a few s and only 1 comment, if you want to fav it ( which I am very gratefull for ) could you please comment a few words to say what you like about it, how you would use the tutorial and if you found it helpfull so I can see what people like and in turn make more tutorials techniques similar. Also any techniques you would like to know will get a respose aswell... Thanks.



I wanted to create an image that separates the subject ( girl ) from the rest of the background without messy cut outs, with no portraits worth working on of my own I used this image here ~katayestyle

Limitations

This tutorial is best used on an image with mid to strong colour contrast between the subject and background to start off with, if you need to put a bit more contrast in the subject then use the sponge tool set to saturate at 20% , it is also done using Photoshop CS2, no plugins are used and the tools, adjustments can be translated to other apps.

1> Open the image to be edited and goto Image>adjustments>hoto filter.

2> Change the filter to Cooling filter (80) or (82) to give the entire image a colder look ( tanslation for other apps that don't have this feature you can use something like Color balance )

3> Goto Image>adjustments>selective color. and under the red channel move the yellow or red slider to add more warmth to the subject ( translation this can also be done with Color balance in other apps )

4> repeat steps 2 and 3 if required to vary the strength of the color contrast between blues and yellow/red ( depending on the original contrast )

5> Goto the layers pallet and click on Channels, hold the CTRL button down and left click on the blue channel to select the blues in the RGB image.

6> Goto select>Inverse to change the selection so it selects everything EXEPT the blue in the RGB image.

7> Edit>copy Edit>aste to copy the selection into a new layer then duplicated that layer so you have 3 layers, original layer and the 2 selections.

8> choose the middle layer and change it's blend mode to "Screen" then choose the top layer and change it's blend mode to "soft light"

9> select the original layer and Goto Image>adjustments>desaturate to make that layer B&W

If you have followed all the steps you will get an image that makes the subject look warm on a B&W background with a slight cold blue cast to it, once you get this you could do it again and add a lot more artistic effects to it.

Just remember that if you like the image then applause the Photographer here ~katayestyle and if you like the tutorial then comment bellow