Tuesday, January 7, 2014

How to Change the Color of Any Object in Picture!!!


1.) Open up Adobe Photoshop and minimize the window so that you can head into your internet browser.  Google chrome and Mozilla Firefox are recommended

2.) Next, simply go to Google or another site with pictures available, (can obviously be your own picture too) and look up an interesting picture that has a main object to change the color.  If its your first time trying this out you may want to pick an easy image such as an apple, or an ice cream cone.  Something that has smooth lines and stands out against the background.  Objects like trees or sea urchins are very hard to do.

3.) For this tutorial I will be using this picture of a spilled nail polish from Google.  It's a good idea to make sure that your image isn't too small or too big for better results.
 
4.) Next, right click your image and press "save image as ..."

5.) Be sure to save your image somewhere where you can find it again. If you can't find it, you can't edit it, so this is pretty important

6.) Return to your Adobe Photoshop tab and press file in the top left hand corner.  Then click open.  You'll see a list of your files so just click on the picture you just recently saved.

7.) With your picture open, you can finally begin the color changing process.  Click on the "quick selection tool" in the top right of your tools window, or press (w) on your key board.  Just under the 'Edit' tab at the top of your screen you'll notice three different icons that all look like your quick selection tool.  Make sure that you click the one with the tiny plus sign above it.  This will allow us to select parts of the picture.

8.) Then, click down with your mouse over the desired subject within your picture, and drag across the screen.  This selects part of the picture.  You can un-select part of the picture by going back up to the three tiny icons, and pressing on the icon with the (-) sign.

**** Its a great idea to have a smaller brush size of this tool while your selecting things.  It allows you to be more specific with your selection, and catch tiny details

9.) Once everything you want selected is selected, go down to the bottom right of your screen to the 'Layers' window.  You'll see what looks like a tiny folding page at the very bottom.  Click it.  This creates a new Group for your selection, allowing you to change the hue (color).

10.) To change the hue, click on whats next to what looks like a grey cone beneath the colorful bar in the adjustments section. Then just play around with the colors until you get your desired look!
 

Edit: Sorry but it appears that the pictures taken with the print screen button are not really cooperating. I'm looking into the problem so hopefully it will be fixed soon :)









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