Colored photographs represent vividness while black and white photographs remind us of the old memories. But what if we combine the two effects? This expert Photoshop tutorial tells you how to add color to a black and white image and convert it into a lively picture using gradient map. Get started now and let your image express colorful emotions!

Main component(s) used: Quick Selection Tool, Gradient Map, and inverse etc.

These 6 easy steps help you how to use layer mask to create the effect:

Step 1 :-

Take a nice colorful image. Open in photoshop and please respect the copyright law.

Step 2 :-

Choose Quick Selction Tool and selction those portion that you remain in color.

Step 3 :-

Go to Select > Inverse to inverse the selection.

Step 4 :-

Press “D” to default foreground/background color. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map and click on oK in New layer information

Step 5 :-

In Adjustment Gradient Map choose third Gradient (B/W) for bright black and white image.

Step 6 :-

Select layer mask on gradient map layer, apply brush tool on those parts that you forget to select and want to color (make sure foreground color is black). Apply brush tool on those part of image that you don’t want in color (make sure foregrougnd color is white)

This time we’ve managed to ‘think out of the box’ and managed to come up with this Spiderman tutorial – where our superhero manages to emerge ‘out of the box’ – literally – and play the role of the savior. This tutorial will help you create this 3D-like image of Spiderman emerging from a television set, with flames all around and saving the little boy’s life.

Main component(s) used: Pen Tool, Smudge Tool, Burn Tool, Layer Blending Option etc.

These steps will help you weave ‘Spiderman’ magic on your images.

Step 1 :-

Take an image which you found suitable for this tutorial and open it in Photoshop. Please respect copyright laws.

Step 2 :-

In your image use Pen Tool and make path around your image as I did on Spiderman.

Step 3 :-

Make a selection on TV screen with Lasso Tool and fill black color.

Step 4 :-

Put Spiderman image in such a way that it looks coming out from Television. Use Transform (Ctrl+T) to adjust it.

Step 5 :-

Bring down the opacity of Spiderman layer and select the child layer to make a path of his hand and bring up the current layer to show the right position.

Step 6 :-

Right click on Spiderman layer and go to Blending option > Outer Glow.

Step 7 :-

Choose Pen Tool and draw a path on a new layer and right click on work path and go to Stroke Path to create waves as shown in the screenshot.

Step 8 :-

Right click on waves layer and go to Blending option > Outer Glow, inner Glow as shown in the screenshot.