Adobe Photoshop Help

[fathopper]

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Right heres the situation, Ive just downloaded a trial for adobe photoshop cs3, and want to do some simple colour changing of a photo, this photo here

So how would I go about changing the maroony colour using photoshop? To sat green or blue or any colour?

Please Help

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Shot at 2007-07-13

Edited July 13, 2007 by fathopper

[Concussion]

Any number of ways, it would be hard explaining my tedious method here without pics and stuff. Your best off Googling for an answer to see what method suits you.... there are loads of tutorials!

[Davetrials]

you tube photoshop tutorial theres somthing in there.

[James Quigley]

Lasso tool - Colour/hue/saturation adjustments ?

Maybe a bit of brightness/contrast adjustment too.

All adjustments once lassoed will be in the menu's up top.

Edit: Here's a very, very, very, very quick example.........

Edited July 13, 2007 by ReverendJQ

[T.McMillan]

hey when i used to be into doing up cars like this website link im sending you this was the best place to show you go step by step info its real good website

Digimods

oh go down to colour change all the different options are on the left hand side

hope this helps

Tom

[Tomm]

One way I really like when it works well is to use the 'replace colour' command. It's on the Image > Adjustments menu. It doesn't often work very well, especially around the edges of blocks of colour, but on your picture it's great and so simple (probably because it's a fuzzy fuzzy camera phone pic in the first place).

Duplicate the layer first (always do this, it's good practise, plus you'll see why later ) - Drag the layer icon onto the 'create new layer' button below it.

Image > Adjustments > Replace colour

Use the dropper tool that automatically appears to select the colour you want to change (I.e. the maroon of the car).

Increase the fuzziness to capture the edges (as a consequence you'll also be changing more bits of the photo than you need to (E.g. the petrol can in the foreground), but we'll sort that out later.

Use the colour sliders at the bottom to choose/tweak your new colour.

Click OK

Then to get rid of the bits you changed colour unintentionally (The fuel can etc), grab the eraser tool and start rubbing out the bit of the top layer you don't want any more. This way the original bit underneath will show though. (You could also use layer masks for this step, which would be better. But I can't be arsed explaining that right now)

And then just add a curves layer to bump up the contrast...

Voila

[poopipe]

this way is totally non-destructive.

make a hue/saturation adjustment layer

set it to work on reds

set the hue to whatever colour you like

paint out the bits you dont want the colour changed on in the adjustment layer's layer mask

voila - 30 seconds.

oh sorry - didnt see the cs3 bit. I'd have used that instead for the screenshots. same stuff applies

Edited July 14, 2007 by poopipe

[br3n]

I wrote a tutorial on this in what I bleieve to be the quickest, easiest, less labour intensive etc etc way... will take you 20 seconds... going at very low speed!

http://www.abstractinfluence.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=758