This in-depth tutorial shows you the steps involved in desaturating a portion of your image, often called selective desaturation or selective color.  The color photo of a boy is desaturated with the christmas bow kept as a bright red. If you wish to use the image used in this tutorial, it is available at the stock photo site, Shutterstock.com: Little Boy with Red...

This quick Photoshop tutorial gives you a little introduction to the Quick Mask tool. The quick mask tool is great tool for fine editing of a selection when not using a layer mask. The tool provides similar function to a layer mask, allowing you to brush and use gradients with a...