A more "controlled" method is to:
Change your original image to a layer
Create a duplicate of this layer
Desaturate the top layer
Use a soft eraser set at 50% or less and erase the desaturated layer slowly.
When done just flatten the image.
The advantage of this method is it's not as "harsh" of a contrast between the colour and desaturated areas. You also get control over how far you want to go. It takes longer, but you get better results.
EDIT: You can combine this with the channel mixer suggestion black11 suggests.
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Last edited by FurnaceFace; 05-22-2007 at 09:51 PM.
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