What’s Your Preference?

Nicole · #1 (**permalink**) 03-25-2007, 12:46 AM

A simple tutorial I thought I’d put together for those that want to have some fun with changing around colors in Photoshop pretty easily. I’m sure these steps translate to other image editing programs, I just happen to be using Photoshop Elements 3.

You all probably recognize the image I use in my avatar,
And in a few steps I can change it dramatically from the usual red cherries to a horse of another colour... or is that a cherry of another colour:

This is useful for changing eye-colors, hair colors, really, any color you can think of.

Step 1:

Open the file that you want to use in your photo editing program of choice. This probably doesn't need a screen shot.

Step 2: Create a new Adjustment Layer for Hue / Saturation and name it whatever you like (In Elements: Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Hue / Saturation)

Step 3: In the window that this brings up, select the general color that you want to edit (here, I’m working with the reds, so I select the reds). If you want to select a range of colors to adjust the hue on, in Elements there is are 3 small eyedroppers at the bottom area of the window. The first allows you to select a single color, the one with the plus sign allows you to add more colors to the color you’re adjusting by clicking it and using it over the colors you want to adjust. I selected the red, then used the eyedropper with the plus sign to go over the cherries to make sure that all the areas I wanted to change the color of were part of the spectrum.

Step 4: Adjust the hue slider to however you want the color to look. Basically, just move it until you get the desired effect, then click “Ok”.

That’s it, as simple as that.

Feel free to give it a try and post your own examples here.