Photography Corner: Color Selection

Today's topic is Color Selection. Below are the steps I used to produce the "After" photo.

1. Duplicate the image. (If you are a PC user your simply hold down the CTRL and D keys down)
2. Covert the image to black and white. There are several ways to achieve this when using Gimp.
3. Copy the black and white image and paste it on the original image
4. On the Layer dialogue box right click on the Floating selection
5. Select 'New Layer' from the menu
6. Right click on the Pasted Layer from the Layer Dialogue box
7. Click on the 'Add Layer Mask" Option
8. Accept the dafault settings and click OK
9. Using the Brush tool select the areas that you would like to see color
10. Flatten Image (Image > Flatten Image) and Save.