bec wrote:
I was wondering if anyone has any tips in changing an object from a dark color to a lighter color. Like changing a purse from a dark brown to a pale blue.
If you are using Photoshop, then there are a few ways to do it.
1) mask around the purse (in this example) and then use the Hue/Saturation filter to change the hue of the purse. Note that any other colours on the purse will shift too, so this is only as good as your masking.
If you REALLY want to do this pro, you can us an ADJUSTMENT LAYER (that 1/2 black, 1/2 white circle at the bottom of your LAYERS palette) to do the above. That way the original image is not changed permanently! AND if you learn to paint on the ADJUSTMENT LAYER's mask you find a whole world of Very Funky colour tweaking available.
2) Under IMAGE - ADJUSTMENTS there is a funky thing called REPLACE COLOUR (CS, CS2, CS3 I believe has this feature). With it you can use an eyedropper to select the colour on your image you want to shift. Then you move a slider or two (much like the Hue/Saturation module) to shift the colour and density/lightness of it until you are happy.
3) masking the purse (mask mask mask) again, you could then open a layer ABOVE your purse layer and then fill it with a new colour. Then, you could play with the BLEND MODE at the top left of the LAYERS palette and see what happens to your purse. Different blend settings do very different things.
Hope this helps!
ReinDear
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