Color Manipulation

Here’s some simple technique’s to adjust or manipulate elements of color within a given photo. Tools used will be some adjustment layers and the extract tool, so follow along and have fun. Below is the original picture I will be using, courtesy of ablestock.com via NAAP membership.

Below is an image of an vintage camera that I own. Go to ‘View/Histogram’, and as captured below, the histogram reveals that theres not enough lights – far right (barely any at all in fact, indicated by the sudden drop towards the highlight zone), to much midtones

Below is the target image. This and similar images are available from AbsolutVision image library. As with most image manipulation, always back up your original image layer. As captured above, lower right, duplicate the target layer and turn off visibility of the original layer. Next, select the

Below are the two images in question. The (A) image is the one with the preferred color cast, and will be used in the ‘Match Color’ process for the (B) image. To correct this, have both images open in Photoshop CS2. Have the target image (B) active

Below is the sample image. One option to start with is to sample from another image that has a different eye color you would like to mimic. With the target sample open, activate the ‘Eyedropper Tool (I)’ and click once in the blue eye area to sample

Here’s simple ‘Adjustment Layer’ technique on how to alter a particular color within a photo. Below is the original photo I took of a mini car from my neighborhood. In this lesson I will use the adjustment layer ‘Hue/Saturation’ to do this. So please follow along. So

The image below will be the target of this tutorial and I will show you how to enhance the sky colors. With the target layer active, go to ‘Select/Color Range’ menu command. You will be prompted with the below dialog. Drag your mouse over onto the main

Here’s simple ‘Adjustment Layer’ technique on how to alter a particular color within a photo. Below is the original photo I took of a car lot ticket booth. In this lesson I will use the adjustment layer ‘Selective Color’ to do this. So please follow along. So

Here’s a quick color/photo manipulation using blending styles…yip, you read right, follow along to see how. Here’s the starting photo. A church in my neighborhood, surrounded by lush trees. I’ve created a Set with the original photo called’autumn’. I then duplicated it and positioned the copy version