convert photo to black and white excpet for reds

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jam_wood
Oct 2, 2008
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I have a photo and I would like to convert it to black and white except for the reds in the image. Is there a way of selecting a color range to be preserved and to convert the rest to black and white?
thanks
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Buko
Oct 2, 2008
Duplicate your image.

On the duplicate layer Delete or mask everything not red.

on the layer below desaturate image until it looks grayscale.

Be sure to only work on a copy of the original.
JW
jam_wood
Oct 2, 2008
The problem is that the reds arnt just in one area.

Is there no way to select a color range?

I guess I could use the magic wand tool and set it off continuous while varying the tolerance, but this seems a but crude.
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Mike_Ornellas
Oct 2, 2008
use the color range feature and create a mask.
JW
jam_wood
Oct 2, 2008
where is the color range feature in the menu?
thanks
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Ann_Shelbourne
Oct 2, 2008
In the Select menu — which is logical because you want to SELECT by Color Range.

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