Tutorial 03 :: General Selective Coloring Tutorial featuring Luna Lovegood of Harry Potter
Selective coloring- a wonderful tool on Photoshop which lets you create beautifully vibrant images- if you use it correctly. Unfortunately, it may seem like a complicated tool at first- there are many numbers and many choices to make. In an effort to simplify this, I've made a general guide to selective coloring. It is image-based, as I find that would be simpler. Info + download are under the cut. Yes, I copy/pasted the info from the .txt I included in the .zip. I'm lazy, so sue me DX
This is my general guide on the Selective Coloring feature of Adobe Photoshop, featuring Luna Lovegood of Harry Potter. I found that a text-based guide would be both long and hard to understand, so I have made an image-based one.
The format of the filenames is as such: colors_c/m/y/b%
Example: Reds_cyans-100
In the upper left of each image, you will see what the image looks like untouched. In the bottom left is the image after being edited with Selective Coloring. On the right is what your settings must look like to achieve the effect in the bottom left.
Please note that your results may vary based on your image. I have used the most extreme settings, +100 and -100, to show you what each feature generally does, but if you use slightly less extreme settings, you will likely get more desirable results.
No credit is required if you use this guide. However, I will ask that you do not distribute this .zip without crediting and/or asking me.
I hope this guide helps you!
la_xhal at www.livejournal.com
Contact: darkmage_ffx2[at]yahoo.com
Many thanks to moonlit-eve.net, aka triedtoholdonto, my lovely host.
Example:
Download .zip
Or view all images here.
Use PSP? I suggest looking at these tutorials to see how to get the Selective Coloring look without Selective Coloring.
Use Photoshop Elements? You can download a Selective Coloring add-on here.
Edit the first: PSP users may also find this helpful.
Edit the second: This site also has a Selective Coloring add-on for PS Elements.
This is my general guide on the Selective Coloring feature of Adobe Photoshop, featuring Luna Lovegood of Harry Potter. I found that a text-based guide would be both long and hard to understand, so I have made an image-based one.
The format of the filenames is as such: colors_c/m/y/b%
Example: Reds_cyans-100
In the upper left of each image, you will see what the image looks like untouched. In the bottom left is the image after being edited with Selective Coloring. On the right is what your settings must look like to achieve the effect in the bottom left.
Please note that your results may vary based on your image. I have used the most extreme settings, +100 and -100, to show you what each feature generally does, but if you use slightly less extreme settings, you will likely get more desirable results.
No credit is required if you use this guide. However, I will ask that you do not distribute this .zip without crediting and/or asking me.
I hope this guide helps you!
la_xhal at www.livejournal.com
Contact: darkmage_ffx2[at]yahoo.com
Many thanks to moonlit-eve.net, aka triedtoholdonto, my lovely host.
Example:
Download .zip
Or view all images here.
Use PSP? I suggest looking at these tutorials to see how to get the Selective Coloring look without Selective Coloring.
Use Photoshop Elements? You can download a Selective Coloring add-on here.
Edit the first: PSP users may also find this helpful.
Edit the second: This site also has a Selective Coloring add-on for PS Elements.