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Basic Coloring Tutorial for AdobePhotoshop CS3
By Barrett Barlowe, eHow Contributor
updated: May 06, 2010
Use Photoshop to selectively increase the intensity of
onecolor.Photoshop CS3 has powerful coloring tools that alter the
tone of photographs or createoriginal works ofart. Choose colors
from palettes, or select any color from your backgroundimage. You
manipulate image tones via the "Adjust" menu; "Levels,"
"Hue/Saturation" and"Curves" sub-menus offer different levels of
control and function. Use Photoshop's Layerscapability to do color
correction work without altering the original photograph. Choose
aphotograph with a full range of colors as a background and adjust
it using the basic coloringtools available in Photoshop CS3.
o 1
Turn on yourcomputerand upload your image to the desktop.
OpenPhotoshop CS3 and load in your image.
o 2
Click on the "Foreground Color" box in the "Toolbox." The "Color
Picker"
opens. Click on the color palette to choose a color, or click
anywhereanywhere in the image and select a color from your
photograph. Click "OK" toaccept your choice.
o 3
Click on the "Switch Foreground and Background" double-headed
arrow nextto the "Foreground Color" and "Background Color" boxes.
Notice that the two
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different colors switch places. Click on the "Default
Foreground/BackgroundColor" icon at the very bottom left-hand side.
The foreground color turns blackand the background color turns
white.
o 4
Choose "Layer" and "Duplicate Layer" from the Menu bar and
pull-downmenu.
o 5
Select "Image," "Adjust" and "Levels" from the Menu bar and
pull-down menu.The "Levels Adjust" panel opens. Notice that a graph
(histograph)representing the image's color range occupies the
center of the panel. Clickon the left arrow just under the
histogram display and pull it to the right. Yourimage's black
levels get darker.
o 6
Click on the middle arrow and pull it to the left. The gamma
levels (mid tones)get lighter. Click on the right arrow and pull it
to the left. The highlights getbrighter.
o 7
Click on the left "Eye Dropper" tool. Click on a grayish part of
your image. Thegrayish color is now black, and the rest of the
image has more contrast.
Change the "RGB" selection in the pull-down bar to "Blue."
Locate the bottomslider. Click on the right-side arrow and pull to
the left. Change the pull-downbar to "Green." Click on the
right-side arrow and pull to the left. Your imagenow has a reddish
tint. Hit "Cancel" and return to the image.
o 8
Choose "Image," "Adjust" and "Curves" from the Menu bar and
pull-downmenu. The "Curves Adjust" panel opens. Locate the graph in
the panel. Clickon the top right point on the graph line and pull
downward. The image getsdimmer.
o 9
Click on the lower left point on the graph. Pull upward. The
black levels getlighter. Click on the "Add Point" icon. Click
anywhere on the graph line. A newpoint appears on the line. Pull
down or upward. Slide the point along the line.Pull upward or down.
Notice that different areas of your image changedepending on the
location of your point. Click "Cancel" and return to theimage.
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o 10
Choose "Image," "Adjust" and "Hue/Saturation." Move the "Hue"
sliders to theleft and to the right. Your image's colors cycle,
changing drastically. Move the"Saturation" slider all the way to
the left. The image is now black and white.
o 11
Click "Cancel" to return to the image. Reselect "Layer," "Image"
and"Hue/Saturation." Change the "RGB" select pull-down bar to
"Red." Pull the"Saturation" bar all the way to the left. Any red
tones are drained of color,leaving the greens and blues
untouched.
