regarding the colors... in making it all grayscale except red? using adobe photoshop 6.0 how to edit a picture regarding the colors... in making it all grayscale except red?

example, i'm holding a strawberry, i want to retain the red color of strawberry.. then the rest will all be black and white?

i need step by step please... thanks...

I'll use your strawberry example in my instructions.

1. Press 'L' or select your Lasso in the toolbox on your left. Then, slowly use the lasso to click and drag, tracing around the outline of the strawberry. You should see a dotted line forming in the path of your mouse. It might help to zoom in (ctrl-+ or command-+ if you're on a Mac).

2. When you're done, you should see a dotted line outlining the whole strawberry. Right-click within this outline and select "New Layer by Cut" or something like that.

3. Look down at your Layers palette. It should be on the right. If it's not there, click "Window" at the top and select "Layers". There should be 2 layers there: one with just the strawberry, and one with the rest of your photo minus the strawberry. Click on the one with the rest of your photo.

4. Press Ctrl-U or Command-U (if you're on a Mac). The Hue/Saturation panel should come up. Drag the Saturation slider all the way to zero. Click OK.

5. Click "Layers" at the top and select "Flatten image".

You're done.

Email me if you get stuck. The link is in my profile.

I think, you have to duplicate the layer of your photo. Once you duplicated it, crop the strawberry on top layer. After cropping, desaturate the the lower layer. and That's it...

I expect you know how to crop by using the pen tool.

You use the button with the rope-like figure by the toolbox(i forgot the name).. you know.. the one with which you could custom select something(like the magic wand tool).. select the strawberry in a way that you select ONLY the strawberry.. then press Ctrl+Shift+I.. that way it goes inverse so you get to select the whole picture except the strawberry.. then grayscale.Ü get it?