negatives

i dont know if this is advanced, or newbie, but i couldnt find how to do it anywhere...i want to make a negative of a selected part of a pic. i dont want it inverted...i want it the exact opposite of the selection...like when you get back your pics from developing a roll of film. anyone know how?

Create your selection.
Command/CTRL-I.
Done.

i've tried that...its different somehow...it doesnt really negative it...i have a blue lightning bolt in this pic & when i invert it, it just makes it a deeper shade of blue. you can see the effect i want if you put some text on a layer over a pic & then seelct the text...the part of teh selection that overlaps the text will negative whatever is behind it...that's the effect i want.

Desaturate the layer, and then invert it.

hm..thats close, but can i get that without losing the color? i really those strange colors you get from negatives...

post the picture, and let us all take a crack at it.

doesnt really matter what pic you use...its mostly the technique im after =P it was just some random pic i was experimenting on.

oh well if you post the pic then we can compare our results and see which technique made the better result..but its your call

aha..i've been playing around with it & i've got exactly what i want...heres what i did...

1) select the part you want to negative & copy it.
2) desaturate the selection, then invert it.
3) create a new layer above the first & paste it in.
4) invert the new layer & set blend mode to screen.


i tried it of a pic of my friend & it looks exactly like one of the negatives you get back with film...just what i was lookin for =)
thanks for the help anyways

might even want to give it a little brown tint if you want that realistic effect- because real negatives are sorta brown, not just straight b/w