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How to Remove Color from Selected Areas of Photos using Photoshop

1. Select the File tab at the top of the screen and click Open. Select the photo you would
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like to edit.
Zoom in as necessary, using the Zoom button with a magnifying glass on it.
Click on the Selection brush Tool on the far left side of the screen.
Select the Magic Wand tool at the bottom of the screen.
Click the Add button to the right of the Magic Wand Tool button.
At the bottom of the screen, adjust Tolerance to low (about 25) for better accuracy.
Click on all areas which contain color that you would like to keep in the photo until these

areas are outlined in a dotted line.


8. Click on the Selection Brush Tool at the bottom of the screen.
9. Select the Add button to the right of the Selection Brush Tool button.
10. Click on any additional areas containing color that you would like to keep that may have
been missed by the Magic Wand Tool.
11. Return to the bottom of the screen and select the Subtract button directly to the right of
the Add button.
12. If any unwanted areas were previously selected by the Magic Wand Tool, click on them
in order to remove the color.
13. Click on the Select tab at the top of the screen.
14. Click Inverse under the Select tab.
15. Select the Enhance tab at the top of the screen.
16. Click Adjust Color under the Enhance tab.
17. Click Remove Color.
18. Return to the Select tab at the top of the screen.
19. Under the Select tab, click Deselect.

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