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Changing Colour Of Photos
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| mark w 2004-01-28, 12:28 am |
| Hi Guys and Gals,
I am really stuck here.
I have a photo of a group of stadium Seats for a ballpark etc.. and I
want to change the colouring of the seats in the photo from Green to
Beige and Light Blue.
I have been racking my brains on how to do this and the best I have
come up is a very crappy change of colouring using publisher and it
doesnt look that good.
Any ideas would be GOLD on how to change the colour of the photos.
All I can find is how to turn into black and white.
Kind Regards,
Mark
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| Mark Herring 2004-01-28, 12:28 am |
| On 27 Jan 2004 19:41:46 -0800, mwaddington@iprimus.com.au (mark w)
wrote:
quote:
>Hi Guys and Gals,
>
>I am really stuck here.
>
>I have a photo of a group of stadium Seats for a ballpark etc.. and I
>want to change the colouring of the seats in the photo from Green to
>Beige and Light Blue.
>
>I have been racking my brains on how to do this and the best I have
>come up is a very crappy change of colouring using publisher and it
>doesnt look that good.
>
>Any ideas would be GOLD on how to change the colour of the photos.
>
>All I can find is how to turn into black and white.
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Mark
The most general answer for changing PART of an image: Make a new
layer and set blending to multiply. Color the layer to get the
effect you are looking for.
Depending on the complexity, you may have to split up the image into
multiple areas---each in its own layer. You may also need to
de-saturate before applying the color correction layers
Simple example: Scene with lots of different colors and a man in a
white shirt. To make the shirt blue, simply make a new layer, set to
multiply, and then paint the layer with the desired color. texture
and tonality in the shirt is preserved, but it is now blue.
**************************
Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".
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| Warren Sarle 2004-01-28, 3:28 am |
| "mark w" <mwaddington@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:3ed146fa.0401271941.280d40e4@posting.google.com...quote:
> ...
> I have a photo of a group of stadium Seats for a ballpark etc.. and I
> want to change the colouring of the seats in the photo from Green to
> Beige and Light Blue.
>
> I have been racking my brains on how to do this and the best I have
> come up is a very crappy change of colouring using publisher and it
> doesnt look that good.
>
> Any ideas would be GOLD on how to change the colour of the photos.
>
> All I can find is how to turn into black and white.
Read the chapter on "Making Color and Tonal Adjustments"
in the online help.
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| Robert Feinman 2004-01-28, 9:28 am |
| In article <3ed146fa.0401271941.280d40e4@posting.google.com>,
mwaddington@iprimus.com.au says...quote:
> Hi Guys and Gals,
>
> I am really stuck here.
>
> I have a photo of a group of stadium Seats for a ballpark etc.. and I
> want to change the colouring of the seats in the photo from Green to
> Beige and Light Blue.
>
> I have been racking my brains on how to do this and the best I have
> come up is a very crappy change of colouring using publisher and it
> doesnt look that good.
>
> Any ideas would be GOLD on how to change the colour of the photos.
>
> All I can find is how to turn into black and white.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Mark
>
If you are using the latest version of photoshop look under "selective
color"
--
Robert D Feinman
robertdfeinman@netscape.net
Landscapes, Cityscapes, Panoramas and Photoshop Tips
http://robertdfeinman.com
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| >The most general answer for changing PART of an image: Make a newquote:
>layer and set blending to multiply. Color the layer to get the
>effect you are looking for.
Multiply always darkens, never lightens, the image. Do not use Multiply if your
goal is to change the color of an object--that is not what the Multiply
blending mode is for. Use Color instead--works far better.
quote:
>Simple example: Scene with lots of different colors and a man in a
>white shirt. To make the shirt blue, simply make a new layer, set to
>multiply, and then paint the layer with the desired color.
Try making a dark red shirt liht blue that way--you can't.
The easiest ways to change a particular color globally--make green seats blue,
for example--is probably by using Image->Adjust->Selective Color, or by
selecting the seats with Select->Color Range, then using Curves, Hue and
Saturation or Fill (in Color mode).
--
Rude T-shirts for a rude age: http://www.villaintees.com
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
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| Bill Hilton 2004-01-28, 3:28 pm |
| >From: tacitr@aol.com (Tacit)
quote:
>The easiest ways to change a particular color globally--make green seats
>blue,
>for example--is probably by using Image->Adjust->Selective Color, or by
>selecting the seats with Select->Color Range, then using Curves, Hue and
>Saturation or Fill (in Color mode).
I like Tacit's second suggestion, use Color Range to make a color-based
selection and then, with this selection active, add an adjustment layer so the
selection acts as an adjustment layer layer mask. This way you can refine it
endlessly by re-editing the adjustment layer. I like Hue/Sat best for making
radical changes in the color, just move the Hue slider around.
Bill
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| Mark Herring 2004-01-28, 11:28 pm |
| Touchee
I obviously forgot which blending mode. The point is that you use a
lyer like a filter--combining the properties of the two layers.
On 28 Jan 2004 18:30:08 GMT, tacitr@aol.com (Tacit) wrote:
quote:
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>Multiply always darkens, never lightens, the image. Do not use Multiply if your
>goal is to change the color of an object--that is not what the Multiply
>blending mode is for. Use Color instead--works far better.
>
>
>Try making a dark red shirt liht blue that way--you can't.
>
>The easiest ways to change a particular color globally--make green seats blue,
>for example--is probably by using Image->Adjust->Selective Color, or by
>selecting the seats with Select->Color Range, then using Curves, Hue and
>Saturation or Fill (in Color mode).
**************************
Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".
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"mark w" <mwaddington@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:3ed146fa.0401271941.280d40e4@posting.google.com...quote:
> Hi Guys and Gals,
>
> I am really stuck here.
>
> I have a photo of a group of stadium Seats for a ballpark etc.. and I
> want to change the colouring of the seats in the photo from Green to
> Beige and Light Blue.
>
> I have been racking my brains on how to do this and the best I have
> come up is a very crappy change of colouring using publisher and it
> doesnt look that good.
>
> Any ideas would be GOLD on how to change the colour of the photos.
>
> All I can find is how to turn into black and white.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Mark
There are a million ways to do this but the easiest (especially if you are
going to be changing selective colors very often) is to go here:
http://www.colormechanic.com/
This is an amazing plugin that works just as advertised. It was created by
Jonathan Sachs, the creator of Lotus 123, who now does imaging work.
IMHO, everyone should have this plugin. And it is giveaway cheap too.
Tom
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