…The next step that we're going to take in this project where we're looking at how…we can make some subtle color changes in our photograph is to focus in on the hat.…Because we lost a little bit of the color here in this interesting hat, what I…want to do is bring some of that back and even saturate it a little bit more.…To do so, we'll begin by navigating to the background layer.…Go ahead and click into that layer. Then let's chose the Quick Select tool.…Press the…w key to do so, or just click on the Quick Select tool icon here.…
Then in the Options bar above, we want to have a relatively…small brush size so we can start to paint over this area.…Whenever you're working with Quick Select, it's a good…idea to click on the refine edge button to…open up this dialog, so we can see the…edges of the thing or the item that we've selected.…And here I almost always like to turn on smart radius and to take…that up a little bit.…And if we zoom in perhaps a touch more on this.…One of the things we'll start to see is what Smart Radius…
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1/10/2014- Isolating color
- Removing and highlighting color
- Selectively desaturating an image
- Hand painting in color in a specific area
- Posterizing an image
- Creating a sepia-toned look
- Colorizing an entire image
- Changing the background color
- Creating vibrant color with adjustment layers
- Copying and reusing color adjustments to a new photo
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Creating an Attention-Grabbing Color Effect
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2. Hand Coloring Your Photographs
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Desaturating the background5m 36s
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Hand coloring the dress5m 1s
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Coloring the face5m 44s
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Adding color to the lips5m 32s
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Painting the eyes blue5m 20s
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3. Creating a Colorful, Posterized Look
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Coloring the face and shirt4m 14s
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4. Colorizing the Entire Image
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Having fun with colorizing5m 50s
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Creating vivid colors4m 22s
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5. Changing Colors in Your Photographs
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Making subtle color changes2m 34s
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6. Creating Vivid Color
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Conclusion
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Next steps43s
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