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Colorizing
I actually get color effects in different ways. I have outlined only a few options that I repeatedly return to and use [sometimes in the same graphic]. Please also keep in mind that I use Photoshop 6.1 [although some steps can be duplicated in Paintshop].
Naturally - these are 3 ways to add or change up the color in your image. I would always recommend playing with brightness and contrast, gradients, etc. I hope these might have helped and sent you on a good experimenting journey.
Color - Option A [No other effects than color adjustment] Color - Option B [plus some effects] Color - Option C [plus some grainy/texture effects]
Color - Option A- Open your selected image, and then duplicate the background image [so that you now have 2 working layers].
- See Starting Image here.
- You are now going to work on the new layer.
- In the Image toolbar, click adjust, then color balance
- In the color balance menu, I usually play with the color ratios - for all options [shadows, midtones, highlights]
- In the image below I have adjusted first Midtones to -15 cyan, +40 green, -8 yellow. Then Highlights to +72 red, +18 green, -5 yellow. Next is Shadows to -59 cyan, -20 magenta, +23 blue.
- I usually leave the "Preserve Luminosity" checked.
- Click ok
- See the Example here.
- Change the layer mode to screen.
- Click on layer 1, then in the upper toolbar click layer -> new ->click ok. [This puts it directly inbetween layer 1 and 2]
- Fill in the new layer [layer 3] with a solid color - in this case, I chose #80913D.
- See the Example here.
- Change the layer mode at hard light and bring down the opacity to 81%.
- Go to the original background image and play with color.
- In the Image toolbar, click adjust then .
- Choose blacks and adjust the other colors to: -63 cyan, -13 magenta, -46 yellow, +51 black. [Click the method to say Absolute]
- Choose neutrals and adjust the other colors to: -21 cyan, -13 magenta, +18 yellow, +7 blacks. [Method = Absolute]
- Choose whites and adjust the other colors to: +68 cyan, -27 magenta, -62 yellow, +100 blacks [Method = Absolute]
- Click Ok
- See the Example here.
- Now you're probably thinking - this doesn't look much different than when we started! So, we go back and play with different layering modes and opacities.
- Change the layer mode in the Middle Change the top [duplicated] layer to lighten at 63% opacity.
- See the Finished Image here.
Keep in mind - that is only one way to change up color. The finished image can then be duplicated and changed around with layer modes and opacities to get your desired effect.
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Color - Option B- Open your selected image, and then duplicate the background image [so that you now have 2 working layers]. I am using the same image.
- See Starting Image here.
- You are now going to work on the new layer.
- On the new [duplicated] layer, apply the Filter, Color Rave [I honestly don't remember where I got it, but you can probably do a search.]
- See the Example here.
- Click on the Atmospherizer 1.1 option. Play with the options. Click OK.
- Change the layer mode on the adjusted layer to hard light with an opacity of 49%.
- See the Example here.
- You can stop there or play a bit more.
- Click Select All, then Edit - copy merged, then Edit - paste.
- Make sure the newly created merged layer is on top of the other 2 layers you had previously worked with.
- On the new 3rd layer, apply the Filter Video Rave [choosing the Old Film 2 option]. I don't remember where I got this filter either, but I use it all of the time.
- In the Old Film 2 option, choose the number 47 - click OK.
- Click Edit - Fade Old Film 2, choosing the Luminosity option and bringing it down to 79%. Click Ok.
- Still on the 3rd layer, apply the Filter Blur - choosing Smart Blur and have the options at 3.2 Radius and 58.5 Threshold - click OK.
- Change the top layer mode to Screen.
- See the Example here.
You now have a good starting base to do other things and have already created a startling effect to build upon.
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Color - Option C- Open your selected image, and then duplicate the background image [so that you now have 2 working layers]. I am using the same image.
- Create a new layer [no duplicating].
- Choose some of your favorite brush sets and apply them[in this case] with the solid color #B77950, [we will be changing the color for the solid fill more than once].
- When using brushes remember to choose one brush apply it once, maybe twice in random spots [which is hard to learn at first].
- For the sake of this tutorial - create another new layer for the next brush. I usually apply different brushes with different colors on the same layer as well as in new layers. Choose which you like best.
- On the 3rd [newly created] layer, apply your next brush in a new color - in this case #E3E980 at random.
- And let's do it one more time - another new layer, change the brush, and change the color to #C52409.
- See the Example here.
- Time to go back and play with layer modes and opacities.
- Return to your 2nd layer [the first new layer with the first set of brushes]. Change the layer mode to Difference, opacity 78%. On layer 3, change the layer mode to Color Dodge, opacity 78%. On layer 4, change the layer mode to Multiply, opacity 68%.
- See the Example here.
- We're not done yet - although if you were happy with the brushes and colors at this point - you could stop and move on to another effect.
- Click Select All, then Edit - copy merged, then Edit - paste.
- Make sure the newly created merged layer is on top of the other layers you had previously worked with.
- On the new [merged] layer, apply the Filter Blur - Gaussian Blur - with the setting at 3.5. [I routinely blur a lot].
- Change the layer mode to Overlay - 100%.
- See the Example here.
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