Comments on: Highlight Color Effect in Lightroom – 5 Easy Steps

By: Justin F

Justin F — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:17:52 +0000

Hey guys.

Thanks for this tute.
I found that the colouring was a little tedious (for me anyway), so was hunting around for an easier way.
I found this link:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/photo-software/lightroom-how-to-do-selective-coloring.html#b

“Step 2: How to Do Selective Coloring in Lightroom

To change the color of a portion of a photograph or image, follow the below procedures to turn a section of a picture black and white:

Open up Lightroom, and then open the image that will be manipulated.
Go into the Develop module.
Then, go to the HSL/Color/Grayscale panel.
Click on the HSL tab, and go to Saturation.
For other colors, users should experiment with the sliders until they find the correct colors.
It is located on the upper left-hand side of the panel.
Drag it around the area until the whole section is selected.
Now, the area should be the selected saturation. If the entire area that needed to be colored wasn’t covered the first time, users can fix that problem by following the below steps:

Select the Saturation Adjustment Brush Again.
Change the Amount Slider until it’s at -100 again.
Check the Auto Mask if it’s not already checked.
Using the brush, go over the missing areas until the entire area is completed covered.
When users survey the image again, everything should now be covered. If not, they can just repeat the above steps until they get everything right.’

Enjoy!

By: Jeni Harvey

Jeni Harvey — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:58:38 +0000

This was awesome! So easy to follow, the sample pictures were fabulous and it worked great! Thank you!!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:21:21 +0000

I also have Lightroom 3.3, ..I’m also new to the Lightroom program. I followed the tutorial, but the part I wanted black and white, came out white?
Any ideas to what I’m doing wrong? I’ve tried several times
Thanks!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:01:29 +0000

I love this effect, however, I paint the whole picture with the saturation all the way down; then would erase the portion of the picture I want to remain in color. For some reason, this is not working in my Lightroom 3. Please any suggestions. Thank you!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:11:35 +0000

I love this effect on some of my pictures, however, for some reason, it will not work in my Lightroom 3. What could I possibly be doing wrong? Thank you!

By: Toronto Photographer

Toronto Photographer — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:13:37 +0000

Great post!

I’ve always done this effect in Photoshop but love the workflow in LR and this will certainly simplify things. Thanks for the post.

By: Linkoroo

Linkoroo — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:44:05 +0000

Wow this is exactly what I was looking for. Funny because I thought the process would’ve been the opposite. You would’ve place the picture in grayscale and then highlight the regions you want. But it’s pretty much the same, you highlight everything and place lower the saturation and then you “unselect” the regions you want in color.

Thank you very much!

By: citmariñas

citmariñas — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:50:50 +0000

Thanks! Nice tutorial.. Just what I have been trying to do last night, but never figured out, except that I used the HSL adjustment.. I will try this once I get home..

By the way, can there any be chance that I can cull out the foreground from the background or change the background to black.. Thanks!

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:05:16 +0000

Thank you for showing me how to do this. I learned in a class one time and forgot and then google’d it and found this article. Thanks!

By: Beck

Beck — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:53:53 +0000

Thanks thanks thanks thanks!!! I had been looking for a week! I couldnt find how to do the color splash thing, your instructions are soo easy and clear! Thanks again!