Help with selective colour changes.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

10/29/2007 07:59:52 PM · #1

Firstly this is a job that I am helping a friend out with who does not know much about photoshop. She is printing this photo out for her family as a christmas gift. I haven't really had much experience with the colour replace tool so I jumped at the chance to learn something new. The original colours in the original photo for the bridesmaid were not correct. It is a fabric which is a combination of two colours so it shines differently. I have given the two colours that are combined in the fabric. However the colour looks different once they are combines as well. Mostly a kahki green and not so much pink. I need to replace the current colours with the ones I have supplied. I would love to see some of your results but please let me know what you have done so I can replicate it on the original. I will show you the finished product. Thanks in advance to all who help out. I will be on and off the computer today and tonight so please be patient if I dont answer any question immediately.

BlueZamia

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

10/29/2007 09:08:07 PM · #2

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I don't know much about the process of fading in old photos. I think some colors faded more than others and in predictable fashion.

In Hue/saturation/lightness I adjuster the hue sliders for red to -40, and Blue to -180.

In Color Balance - Mid tones Blue yellow slider to -20

Then the white gown was all colorful so I selected it and in H/S/L again took the saturation down to -35.

I don't know if the skin tones and flowers are anywhere near where they should be. At first I had the bridesmaid's dress selected for the first H/S/L and Color balance layer, but that didn't look so good either.

Hope this gives you some ideas of where to start.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

10/29/2007 09:20:16 PM · #3

Thank you BlueZamia, I will have a play with your suggestions. Any other suggestions out there using different methods? .... so I can learn lots of kefferent ways.

Prime_Time

Nikon D80

10/29/2007 10:00:34 PM · #4

I try my hand at it, but I selected whole dress, then made layer and painted your color in. Instead of normal mode I use darken at 100 percent. Then just used selective color to get the redishes color close to your color. Then painted back areas in the mask where I did not want color changes.

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Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

10/29/2007 10:03:15 PM · #5

Originally posted by BlueZamia:

I don't know much about the process of fading in old photos. I think some colors faded more than others and in predictable fashion.

This is correct; reds and magentas will fade more than anything else.

R.

10/30/2007 01:22:27 AM · #6

Originally posted by Spurs:

Will give this a go to. Your result looks good.