When the new color is a lot darker than the original color, such as on the image below, more meticulous masking is necessary to clean up the edges. In some cases, painting the highlights with the same color is needed for the image to look natural. You may also have to adjust the opacity of the brush, or the adjustment layer as required.
The important thing is to make sure the image looks believable, if that was your original intention. Once you have changed the color and cleaned up your masking work, check the overall look, and adjust the background accordingly. In the case of the image below, the original background looked too bright for the new moodier look so I darkened it to go with the scene I was after.
There are various ways of darkening an image in Photoshop. The method I used here was to duplicate the original image duplicate layer , and change the Blend Mode to Multiply. You will notice that I have added additional layers such as levels for brightening some areas, and photo filters for warming up or cooling down other areas.
It is essential to have a good look at the overall picture, not just the isolated area and selective changes you have made. This is because our perception of color is relative and mostly dependent on the colors around them.
Click the Channel Mixer icon in the Adjustments panel. But keep in mind that this method makes direct adjustments to the image layer and discards image information. In the Properties panel, choose a channel from the Output Channel menu in which to blend one or more existing channels. Photoshop displays the total value of the source channels in the Total field. This option adjusts the grayscale value of the output channel.
Negative values add more black, and positive values add more white. You can save Channel Mixer dialog box settings for reuse on other images. See Save adjustment settings and Reapply adjustment settings. Monochrome images display color channels as gray values. Adjust the percentage of each source channel to fine-tune the overall grayscale image.
Before adjusting the percentages of the source channels, view how each source channel affects the monochrome image. The Total value displays the total percentage of the source channels. Original color image B. Selecting Monochrome creates grayscale image C. Deselecting Monochrome and mixing channels tints elements of grayscale image. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. His work has been published online and in various newspapers, including "The Cornish Times" and "The Sunday Independent.
He holds a Bachelor of Science, postgraduate diplomas in journalism and website design and is studying for an MBA. By Adrian Grahams. Open the image on which you want to adjust the RGB colors.
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