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Recoloring in Photoshop
PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:14 pm
by Hitokiri
Does anyone have any handy websites that go step by step in how to recolor in Adobe Photoshop? I still need to buy the book for it however I am rather broke for cash and I have a project due in recoloring a black and white photo coming up.
PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:31 pm
by mechana2015
Make selections and use hue/sat changes in adjustments.
If you need better explanation I'll write a more detailed explanation.
PostPosted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:05 pm
by Esoteric
Hue/saturation is good. however, if you want to be able to change colors without messing up your original photo, use layers. Put each color on a layer and choose a blending mode for the layer. You'll probably want to use either the 'overlay' or 'multiply' modes.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:26 am
by mechana2015
Esoteric wrote:Hue/saturation is good. however, if you want to be able to change colors without messing up your original photo, use layers.
Well you should be working in a copy of the original picture anyways so you can restore sections if there is an error. You also could select section>copy to layer>hue/sat or apply hue sat changes in a adjustments layer to protect the original (I was taught never to do an actual adjustment to an original but to use copys and adjustment layers).
PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:01 pm
by Hitokiri
Thanks for the info. More would be appreciated.
I remember some of teh stuff you guys just said in our tutorial for recoloring so at least it's familiar.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:48 pm
by mechana2015
hmmm... since eso and I seem to have different methods for this I hope she'll do a tutorial too...it'd be interesting to see the different results.
I'll have one up sometime this weekend.
PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:25 pm
by Esoteric
mechana2015 wrote:hmmm... since eso and I seem to have different methods for this I hope she'll do a tutorial too...it'd be interesting to see the different results.
I'll have one up sometime this weekend.
Ah, adjustment layers. Yeah, you could in essence say that's what I use. Since I'm a photoshop user from version 4, I have many archaic, manual ways of doing things. I make my own layers (the hard way), but adjustment layers would be the way to learn now. I should use them too, I'm just stuck in a rut of habit.... I'd do a tutuorial, but sadly I don't have time, besides like I said, your way is more effecient.
PostPosted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:57 pm
by mechana2015
I'll fire up a tutorial later today then.