Colors....? P/S

[RnuovZ71]

I may not under stand this or somthin is not right with the program.



Replace a color in an image.

In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the color you want to replace.
If you want to replace color in only a specific area in the image, use a selection tool to draw a selection marquee around the area you want to change. The selection marquee limits the changes to that area.


Choose Image > Adjustments > Replace Color. Arrange the Replace Color dialog box so that you can see as much of the image as possible.
In the Replace Color dialog box, make sure Selection is selected under the preview window.
In the image, click the color you want to change. The preview displays the areas that match the color you selected.
If you need to expand or refine the areas to be replaced, click the Add to Sample button or the Subtract from Sample button , and then click another area in the image.
In the Replacement area of the Replace Color dialog box, click the Result color swatch.
In the Color Picker dialog box, locate the color range you want using the triangle sliders on the color spectrum bar, then click the desired replacement color in the color field. The color you select appears in the top half of the color swatch. The original color remains in the bottom half. Click OK. Photoshop displays the new color in the image.
If you need to replace additional colors, select the Add to Sample button , and then click the colors in the image.
When you are satisfied with the color replacement, click OK.

why the hell wont that work.

[Chuggs]

I've never used the replace colors command, so sorry, but I can't help ya this time.

[RnuovZ71]

I've never used the replace colors command, so sorry, but I can't help ya this time.

then what do you do? anything please. anything is better then nothing.

[Chuggs]

Check post #7 of this thread (http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208366)

["Big Daddy" MudBug]

Adjust hue, saturation, or color balance. I don't replace colors. There's too many shades of the same colors sometimes. Have you looked at some of the tutorial websites? That's how I'm learning....those sites and the tips from here.

[RnuovZ71]

I did look a the turtral and I fallowed it instructions and it dont work.

[Chuggs]

Are you still having trouble with this? I was wondering if maybe you're working on an intermediate layer that's hidden by an upper layer and you can't see the changes? Or perhaps you have the layer mask selected and not the layer itself? :dunno:

[gmccsierra]

I like using the replace color option sometimes, and that tutorial you quoted sounds just like the process I go through when using it. The only thing I can think of is like Chuggs said, you may not have the right layer selected. If you have the right layer selected then try turning the fuzziness up which makes the replacement color affect a wider range of the original colors.

[RnuovZ71]

I like using the replace color option sometimes, and that tutorial you quoted sounds just like the process I go through when using it. The only thing I can think of is like Chuggs said, you may not have the right layer selected. If you have the right layer selected then try turning the fuzziness up which makes the replacement color affect a wider range of the original colors.

Ok... I'll give 'er a shot. when I read the post chuggs has about the layers and color changes in confuses the hell out of me. Granted I've not had alot of time to mess with PS lately.
Thanks for your help guy.

Just for an ex, I want to make the truck blue. How would you goes go about doing it?

[Chuggs]

What color is the truck you're starting with? If it's a bold color like red or even a charcoal gray, it'll be much easier than starting with white or black.

[RnuovZ71]

What color is the truck you're starting with? If it's a bold color like red or even a charcoal gray, it'll be much easier than starting with white or black.

Ok, well that would explain things. :LOL:. I'm tryin' to see what color I might want to paint the 92.

[Chuggs]

Ok, then... we'll worry about masking it off later... If I can get you to the point that you can adjust / tint the whole picture, then we're off to a good start.

Open your pic in Photoshop. Right click on it and select "duplicate layer". Now, go up to Image > Adjust > Hue / Saturation. Check the "colorize" box in the lower right corner of the pop-up window. Then, lower your brightness slider so that your truck turns a bit gray and the color has something to bite onto. Then increase your saturation a bit. Finally, adjust your hue. It'll take some trial and error, but you should be able to get some sort of blue onto your truck like this:

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After that, you can erase the background, the windows, bumpers, trim and anything else that you don't want blue from the adjusted layer so that the original shows through, sort of like this:

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Sorry for the really rough edit, but I'm in a hurry to get going here. If you can get that down, it'll open a bunch of other doors later.

[RnuovZ71]

That makes sence, now the next Q. can do that without having to add a reflective layer. Like you sig for example, you edited them and changed colors. Did you have to add reflections/shine?

[Chuggs]

If you want the final pic to have definitive highlights and shadows, it's always a good idea to make sure that you start off with a pic that has them.

When you start screwing with your color adjustments, don't be surprised if you lose a bit of it. Don't worry though, because you can fix it at the end.

Let's say you've gone through the procedure I posted in post #12, except you started off with a shiny pic that now looks sort of dull. What you want to do is make another duplicate of your background layer and move it so that it's on top of everything else. Make that new top layer active and then at the top of the layer toolbar, change its blending mode from "normal" to "luminosity" at the bottom of the list. From there, you may have to tweak the opacity of the layer and perhaps even adjust its brightness and/or contrast.

But that should do it for you. :cool:

[RnuovZ71]

I started to figur that out last night, but that ther explains the problem I was having. Now lets say I wanna take the sig pic and I wanna "wash the truck"? how would I go about getting it clean? or would I be better off taking A pic of the truck clean?

[Chuggs]

You'd be there for a long time trying to "wash" that simply because you don't have a whole lot of clean truck to clone from.

[RnuovZ71]

Thats what I thought. Thanks for the help.

[RnuovZ71]

well here are 2 I did. Let me know what you think, or what I could do next time.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f159/BigZ71/mudd2xBL.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f159/BigZ71/mudd2xBL2.jpg

BTW after I do something after you explain it, and I get in the 1st adtemt I feel like an IDIOT.

[AirRide]

Yeah, **** happens.

[RnuovZ71]

One more that I did with the back round B/W and the GMC red...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f159/BigZ71/Gmc1xRxwoc.jpg

[gmccsierra]

Nice work. Looks like you know what your doin now.

[Chuggs]

:word: & :word: :thumbup:

[RnuovZ71]

Nice work. Looks like you know what your doin now.
Alittle bit now


:word: & :word: :thumbup:

Thanks for all the help chuggs, you da MAN.