Adjusting Hue/Saturation and Color Balance to Tint and Manipulate Colors in Photos
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
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Tutorial written by Brandy Hackman
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