Pleasantville Effect

[kakumei]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/ingshan/flower.jpg

After taking the picture, I did some editing using Photoshop CS2. Althought the effect is not that clear, it was successful.

[kelvinlym]

Nice close up.

Great job.

By the way, what settings were you using and the camera model?

I'm looking to get one for shots like this.

[kakumei]

I'm using Olympus mju300 ~3MPix.

Macro Mode
Disable :Flash
Self Potrait Mode

Then, I adjust the WB (White Balance) according to the surrounding.
:D

[kakumei]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/ingshan/P2060126.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

The actual picture before editing.

[kakumei]

I guess this one is clearer.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/ingshan/flower2.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

[youngyew]

Wow, great picture!

I just learnt the meaning of pleasantville effect through google. A cute name, wonder how it was coined. :)

[kakumei]

If I'm not mistaken, they named it after the TV show/movie Pleasantville. This is because this effect was used delibrately in the show.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120789/

:D :D

[andrewlza]

that was such a cool movie! :)

spiderman what's his name starred in it.

[Maximus05]

thats a really nice pleasantville effect.. nice job...

but.. actually how did you made the pleasantville effect on to the picture.. i meant using step by step.. i want to learn...

[kakumei]

I edited those picture using Adobe Photoshop. If I'm not mistaken, there are plenty ways of doing it. I'm just an amateur on this, so I rather would not make myself sound like a pro. :D

But, all I did was getting a picture which the object you wanted to highlight is more outstanding in color compared to its background.

I noticed that you can do the same thing using method like masking, lasso, colour select... In my opinion, I would use the combination of colour select and lasso together.

After colour selecting (select=>colour select)[white colour is the colour selected], in this picture...this is the result. I paste it as a new layer.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/ingshan/1ststep.jpg

Then because there are some missing parts, I'll use lasso to cut out the remaining parts. However if you are expert in using masking method, this won't be a problem. :D

Then I would come out as this...

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/ingshan/step2.jpg

Then clean up around the picture using an eraser.

Back to the main original background:

Select the background. Then go to Image=>Adjustments=>Gradient Map...

Then make the gradient change from Black to White on the strip.

Press ok. Next, merge both of the layers together and presto. Pleasantville effect!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e227/ingshan/3rdsep.jpg

To use lasso method. Visit this link:...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/tutorial/pleasantville

I hope there is Photoshop fans out there to start a new thread on using Photoshop...any pro there?
:) :) :)

[youngyew]

You can also use the desaturate option to desaturate the whole picture, and then "paint back" the colour part using history brush.

[Schye]

http://www.greycobra.com/tutorial/Pleasantville_Effect/

Thanks for sharing these photos.
I found the tutorial above while googling for pleasantville effect.