Sponge Tool
Software : Photoshop CS
Level : Beginner

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

Using sponge tool with desaturate mode gives us grayscale photograph.

1. Open an image for grayscale output.

2. Select Sponge Tool from the tool box.

3. Change the mode to Desaturate in the option bar and use hard edged brush.

4. Start painting on the image till you get the following result.