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Note: Tutorial written with screen
shots from Adobe Photoshop CS.
Often while digital scrapbooking, I find myself
wanting the colors in my photos to be different so they will match the
colors in a particular paper collection. So, I alter the colors! There
are a couple of ways to accomplish this.
This first example is adjusting the colors to give them
a more neutral or sepia tone while still allowing a hint of the original
color to show through.
Start by opening your paper file and the photo you want
to match to it and drag the photo into the paper file. I am using a
paper from the Persian Breeze Collection Biggie.
Go to Image> Adjustments> Hue/Saturation.
Adjust the saturation bar down to -50 and hit "OK."
Then, go to Image> Adjustments> Color Balance.
For this particular photo, I wanted it to have a more yellowish-brown
tint to match the paper. So, I added a little bit of red, a tiny touch
of magenta and a bunch of yellow using the slider bars. (Color Levels:
+20, -5, -35 in the Midtones setting.) You will need to play around
with the color level sliding scales to get the tint you are trying to
achieve.
See completed layout below.
The second example is to change the color altogether.
For this layout, I wanted the photo to have purple and green in it to
match my paper.
Begin by converting your colored photo to black and white.
Image> Mode> Grayscale. Then, duplicate the layer
so you have two copies of the black and white image. Now convert the
file back to RGB so the color can be adjusted. Image> Mode>
RGB.
Using your duplicate copy, adjust the color levels to
your desired color. Image> Adjustments> Color Balance.
(To get purple, I set my sliders to: +15, -50, +25).
Once you have the desired color, use the Eraser Tool to
erase everything you don't want to be that color.
Reduce the Layer Opacity to about 70%, and then I also
saturated it down again (to -35 on the Saturation Scale). I also
adjusted the grayscale layer to have a bit of a sepia tone. Image>
Adjustments> Color Balance. (+30, +5, -25) Using the same
steps, I also added a tint of green on the bottom of one shirt. Once
your photo tinting is finished, flatten the file and drag it onto your
layout page.
Layout by Brandy Hackman
Layout by Brandy Hackman
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Tutorial written by Brandy Hackman
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