Photomontage

 Photomontage

In this project I learned how to change the color in a picture in black and white, but mantaining the principal color of one object.

Here I´m going to put a explication to known how I do it:

First, I opened the original photograph of the cat in the tree. Then I duplicated the layer to work with two versions of the same image: one that would retain the color and another that would be converted to black and white. I desaturated the bottom layer by going to Colors → Desaturate, choosing the option that best preserved the contrast. This made the background black and white.

Next, on the top layer (the one that retained the color), I added a layer mask. I used a soft brush to paint the mask black, covering the entire background and leaving only the cat's body unpainted. This way, the cat remained in color while the rest of the image displayed the black and white layer below.

Once I had finished defining the edges and made sure that only the cat was in color, I added the text. In the upper left corner, I wrote the date “10/02/2026”, and in the lower right corner, I added my name, “Samuel Grosu Olar”. I adjusted the size and color of both texts to white so they would be visible but discreet.

Finally, I saved the file in .xcf format to preserve the layers, and exported the final image in JPG format, as requested.

BEFORE:

AFTER: