First Color Splash Effect

[CL3]

Had a go at color splashing. I created a layer mask then brushed out to reveal the colors i wanted plus added a few other filter effects on the touring car image.

Nothing special but thought id share !

Any comments or constructive criticism please

http://www.behance.net/clgraphics

 

[Ross Ozarka]

Looks great! I think you overdid it on the first photo by making their shorts in color, too. You want to choose a focal point and color only that, so you control where the audience's eye goes.

For the asphalt race car photo, I think you should have made a quick mask selection gradient and applied your gaussian blur to that. I'm not going to get in depth about why you should do this (if you want to know, google "circles of confusion"), but objects further from the depth of field (area of acceptable focus set by the photographer) blur progressively. The asphalt under the front car is within the depth of field, so should not be blurry.

Good luck on these, can't wait to see more!

 

[IamSam]

Hey CL3, great work! The first two are interesting choices of color splash. Whatever selection process your using, it looks fantastic! Do tell! (edit: Nevermind, I forget your probably using a gradient map or a layer mask)

I have to agree with Ross on the the third. Once you had the lead car separated from the BG, you could use the IRIS BLUR filter and adjust the field as to include the asphalt under the front of the car. You could then clean up the image with the BLUR TOOL.

Keep up the good work!

 

[Alisha Medusa]

Oh! Wish I knew how to do this!

 

[CL3]

Thanks for the advice guys , yeah on the 1st photo i thought just having the gloves being shown it may show i didnt do alot ! pleased with results tho and the advice will keep it in mind !

 

[CL3]

Oh and alisha its not that hard really ! just making a black and white layer mask and brushing out the color you want really patienceb is key imo dont rush it .

 

[Tom Mann]

FWIW, I've almost always heard this effect referred to as either "selective saturation" or "selective desaturation", not "color splash", but maybe that's among the techy crowd.

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