how to create amazing splash color effect with color 
replacement tool in photoshop
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In this photo effects tutorial,  i'll show all about the Color Replacement Tool and how it helps us to
converting the overall photo to black and white while 
leaving color of an particular object or subject in full 
color.
many people try using adjustment layers like Fine-
Tuning Hue & Saturation, adding black & white layer
and then mask the unwanted areas using brush tool, 
you have all the skills you need to achieve this effect.
but in here i show u method to get the effect without 
any selection tools at all!
that's right you don't need any skills to get this 
effect.
first duplicate background layer
select Color Replacement Tool nested under the 
Brush in the Tools palette
if u learn mastering this tool its a very powerfull to 
change colors without a lot of fuss and hassle.
With the Color Replacement Tool selected, your 
mouse cursor will change into a circle
with a small target symbol in the center of it
Color is the default blend mode and will change both 
the hue and saturation.
The brightness will remain unchanged. This is the 
blend mode i'll use most often.
Each of these icons represents a different sampling 
option work exactly same as Background Eraser tool
and From left to right, we have Continuous, Once 
and Background Swatch.
The default setting for the Limits option is 
Contiguous, which means that can only change the 
color
of pixels in the area the target symbol in the center of 
the cursor is touching.
The opposite of this is Discontiguous, which allows 
to replace the color of any pixels
that match the sampled color and fall within the 
boundaries of the cursor,
now select foreground color to replace color. To 
change the Foreground color,
simply click directly on the color swatch, then 
choose a new color from the Color Picker.
I'll choose a black color for color splash effect
As you drag the cursor over your image,
Photoshop continuously samples the color that's 
directly under the target symbol
in the center of the tool's cursor.
This is the color that will be replaced, and it will be 
replaced with your current Foreground color.
you can see that effect applied with in the circle 
surrounding
where center point of the cursor touching
To change the rest of photo to desaturate, I just 
need to keep my mouse button held down
and continue dragging the Color Replacement Tool 
over the remaining areas.
Press the left bracket key ( [ ) to make the circle 
smaller
or the right bracket key ( ] ) to make it larger
now face is key here it contains colors which is 
similar to his shirt color
to color the tricky beard hair, choose Once sampling 
point option.
With Once selected, Photoshop will only sample the 
color you initially
click on regardless of how many other colors you 
drag over
as long as you keep your mouse button held down.
This option works best for coloring hair and other 
fine edges.
you can see desaturate effect added to only hair not 
on his shirt
The Tolerance setting determines how different a 
color can be
from the sampled color for Photoshop to replace it 
with the Foreground color.
let's make photo to matte look with simple curve 
adjustment
now with hue/saturation we can change colors also.
or u can use color replacement tool again to add 
different color to his shirt.
in next tutorial i will show how to change color with 
color replacement tool.
here is before & after
let's see another example
her bikini and skin tones are nearly same colors, 
even though with color replacement tool
and its edge detection feature its a very easy task to 
create selective color effect
here is before and after.
color replacement tool was such an easy and 
powerful tool to use.
it's worth giving it a try before moving on to more 
advanced and time consuming methods.
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