Is anyone aware of a tool in photoshop that will allow you to make a certain part of an image black and white without using the lasso. What I'm looking for is maybe a "black and white" or "desaturation" paint brush......does such a thing exist?

Actually....I think I've just answered my own question! ha! I can just duplicate the layer, desaturate or greyscale it, then place the colored layer on top and erase the portion that I want to be black and white...that should do the trick, right? If anyone has any other suggestions I'd be happy to hear them :D

Make a selction in the area you want then use a gradient effect?

select the area you want to change with the lasso, then make a new layer and choose a gradient. then you can mess with the new layer's attributes until you get the desired effect.

Thanks for the suggestions :D

desaturate the entire image, set the history brush to the moment in history b4 the desaturation, and do some colorful painting

You can go Image>Adjustments>Replace color. Then you can select specific colors to be replaced with black & white ect. It's pretty simple to use.

i dont think she wants specific colors to be replaced imagewide, just all colors in certain parts of the image.

Or she ;)

OOPS! o_O
sorry Rebecca

I mean, what are you talking about (thank you edit function)

hehe ;) *silently goes and votes horribly on all noob's images*

No, I would never do such a thing! No prob Anthony :)