So I’ll teach you how to fix that in a second, but it’s gonna be much more challenging to do so. Since white is not a ‘hue’, almost nothing happens when we edit it. In simple words, Hue refers to a pure color, or an element in the color wheel. That’s because we were changing the color based on Hue/Saturation settings. If you tried to follow this tutorial with a white object, you’d notice that it doesn’t work very well. You may adjust the saturation and brightness too but there shouldn’t be a need to. Drag the slider under at the Hue setting to change to the color you want. You will see the Hue/Saturation box pop up. Go to Menu Bar: Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Always have a habit of making a spare of whatever ‘hard work’ you have done, or at least save once. You might want to duplicate this layer too, just in case something happens to your layer, you don’t have to go through the hassle of outlining the whole object again. Press Ctrl + J or Cmd + J, and it will copy your selection and paste it in a new layer for you which should pop up at the top of the layers. There will be a dotted outline around your car. The choice is yours.Īfter you have properly outlined your object, it should look something like this. You will have more control and accuracy with this method, but will take a longer time too. It works the same way as join-the-dots, just click and form a dot, slowly outlining your image. If you need top precision and accuracy, I suggest using the Polygonal Lasso tool (same tool button as the Magnetic Lasso Tool, just above it actually. Click once to add a dot, and double click to end the path anywhere anytime. It works best on high contrast images as the pixels are easily differentiated. What the Magnetic Lasso tool does is it will try to differentiate between the pixel colors and form a ‘magnetic field’ which will somewhat outline the object, but it really depends on the photo. Select the Magnetic Lasso tool (see above picture for reference for where the tool is) and start drawing an outline around the image you want to change color.
Right-click the image layer and Duplicate Layer, or press Ctrl+J or Cmd+J. Let’s duplicate the layer as a safety step. This tutorial was done on Adobe Photoshop CS5. Have your image ready in Photoshop by going to Menu Bar: File > Open > select image. And that’s what I’ll be showing you now! Let’s start! Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on, I’m sure one of the top reasons for people needing to use Photoshop is to change the color of a certain object. If you want to apply the same adjustment to multiple images, you can save the settings as a preset and apply as needed. Despite its name, Adobe Camera Raw can edit JPEGs and TIFFs in addition to camera raw files. In its editing window, there is a large preview image and the adjustment tools are laid out in the order that you would normally use them. For more information, see Masking layers.Īdobe Camera Raw is a Photoshop plug-in for making color and tonal adjustments. You can also use a mask to apply the adjustment to a specific part of the image. You can add more than one adjustment layer for more complex image editing. The easiest way to access the adjustment layer tools is clicking an icon in the Adjustments panel. With adjustment layers, you apply edits on a separate layer in the image file, leaving the original image (background layer) intact. This nondestructive editing gives you the flexibility to make further changes, start over with a different editing approach, or undo the adjustments even after you've saved the edits.
The integrity of your original images is preserved. Both offer a wide range of control and flexibility, without permanently altering or damaging the original image information. Two ways to adjust image tone and color are to use adjustment layers or to edit in Adobe Camera Raw.