Phototinting with Photoshop Elements 6 - Square Dancing Photo

Pin It Here is a fun and easy way to phototint your pictures using Photoshop Elements 6.  Our church had a fun Chili Cookoff and Squaredancing night yesterday and the kids had so much fun!  I don't have an expensive camera or flash, so it was difficult to get great quality photos of the kids dancing in the gym, but this picture turned out well.   They were wearing regular clothes which distract from the western theme.  What's the answer?  Photoshop it, right?!  Here is another very quick and simple way to tint your photos to make them look old.

• In your Edit screen in Photoshop, open your photo
• Go up to Enhance/Adjust Color and Select Adjust Hue/Saturation
• Drag the Saturation bar down to about -80 or so and you're done!

Before

After

Can you see how the picture looks black and white, but it also has a little bit of color?  This is so fun!

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Photoshop Elements 6 - Photo Tinting a Black and White Picture

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After having Photoshop Elements for a year, I've finally figured out several techniques that I enjoy!  Here is a photo of my daughter that I've made look old and tinted, similar to those cards you see at the store.  How did I do it?  It's simple. 

Here is the original photo:

Here is the finished product:

Here are the steps you need to take:
1) From the top menu, select Layer/New/Layer Via Copy
2) Also from the top menu select Enhance/Adjust Color/Remove Color
3) Now click on the eraser icon and up at the top, select the brush mode and 20% opacity. This opacity will allow some color to shine through the black and white layer, but still give it an old look.  Use your left and right bracket keys on your keyboard to make your circle smaller or larger.  Then hold down your left mouse button and drag it over each area you want to remove the black and white coloring, showing the actual color through.  I used it over the streamers, her eyes, hair, and lips.  Now select a 10% opacity and a larger brush size, eraser some of the black and white in the cheeks to reveal some color.
4) The last step I did was to blur the background to make her face stand out.  To do this, click on the Quick Selection tool icon on the left, hold down your mouse button, and drag it to select the entire background. You can let go and select a different area of background if you need to.  If you need to deselect an area, simply select the "Subract from Selection" button in the top/left.  Once all the areas are selected, you can now go to Filter/Blur/Gaussian Blur.  I like to use between a 4-7 radius.  Just play around with it and see what looks best. 

Enjoy!  Let me know if you have any questions! Pin It