Pasting color pictures onto a black and white background

Can I get some help with this?

If the images turn grayscale when you paste them but you want to retain their color then first make sure that you're in Image->Mode->RGB Color

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    This is what I want to do. I've done it before but cannot remember for the life of me how to do it again. I want to put a color photo under (its own) black and white photo and then erase or remove or something (I can't remember the tool to do it) but I want to be able to see some of the color photo in my black and white photo. For example, say I have a pic of the Disneyland Castle. I want to make the pic black and white and then with a layer or mask (whichever one) have the exact colors of the picture underneith it show up after I have used the paint brush to remove the black and white...is anyone understanding me? When I did it before I know I did it in only a few steps, it wasn't super complicated, and I'm probably stupid for not knowing how to do it now. Thanks!
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    Lindsey,
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    If you have an issue "collecting" the Channels, just get your B/W into a separate Image, and then drag individual Channels back to your composite image, and use them, as is necessary.
    Hope that some of those ideas are useful,
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    BTW - turn OFF the color for Channels, so that you can see them as B/W, as that will help you see their makeup.

  • How do I lighten a black and white background photo so I can print text on top of it?

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    hi
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    . but may i ask a question?
    because i guess i'm confused now
    Gray and Spot settings are related only to convert from rgb to mode grayscale
    or these settings influence what i see in the monitor when for example i add a black and white adjustament layer?
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    Go to System Preferences>Universal Access, the 'Seeing' pane and uncheck 'use greyscale'.

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  • Changed my picture from colourto black and white

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    What »project« anyway?

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    My main user account on a G4 running 10.2.8 started displaying b/w picture. I was able to fix this by manually switching to millions of colors in the "Displays" menu after each reboot.
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    Go to System Preferences > Universal Access > Seeing tab and in the display section uncheck the "Use grayscale" checkbox.
    Hope this helps...
    (If the box was not checked, post back and we'll try some other steps.)

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