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Making picture of campfire black and white, except where logo is overlayed? - GJ999x - 01-02-2024
Hi folks, def something of a newb here (i'm a music tech guy having to get a bit into graphic design world!)
Not much more to add than the title - i have a picture of a campfire in color. I have a logo that i can put on top of it (the logo png is black and white). What i want to do is have the fire in B&W, and the logo visible only because the areas where the logo is are in color rather than black and white.
Can anyone help with this?
Many thanks!!!
George
https://linktr.ee/georgejacksonuk
RE: Making picture of campfire black and white, except where logo is overlayed? - Ofnuts - 01-02-2024
Assuming your logo has a transparent background:
- Duplicate the image layer and desaturate it (Color > Desaturate > Desaturate)
- Add a layer group
- Put the desaturated image in the group
- Insert the logo above it in the group (CAMPFIRE in the example)
- Set the logo layer to Erase mode.
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Explanation: the Erase mode on the logo layer makes everything "in its shadow" in the same group transparent, so the result is a desaturated image with a logo-shaped hole in it, through which you see the original colors.
There is another solution, that creates a logo shaped color image over the desaturated image.
RE: Making picture of campfire black and white, except where logo is overlayed? - GJ999x - 01-02-2024
Well, that's sorted, thank you so much!!!! Incredibley helpful, i miss when the internet felt like this in general!!
Have a great day!!
George