Selective color

[JamesJWeg]

Ok, my very fist try at selective color with PS. Thanks andy for the write-up. I know it is sloppy, any sugestions to help? I picked this one only because it was the fist pic I came to. Why would some areas want to come out blue? Notice the attachment on the rear bumber and the top edge of the nose, also wind shield of the helmet.

http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/30214541-M.jpg

original
http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/17883998-M-1.jpg

James.

[pathfinder]

Ok, my very fist try at selective color with PS. Thanks andy for the write-up. I know it is sloppy, any sugestions to help? I picked this one only because it was the fist pic I came to. Why would some areas want to come out blue? Notice the attachment on the rear bumber and the top edge of the nose, also wind shield of the helmet.

http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/30214541-S.jpg

original
http://pics.jamesjweg.com/photos/17883998-S-1.jpg

James.

I can't really see the blue you are talking about. The nose margin and the rear bumper look about the same color in each image to me. If you add the color back in after converting to B&W, by using the history brush the colors should be the same exactly.
I can't comment about the helmet visor as it is covered by the proof label in the colored version.

[JamesJWeg]

I can't really see the blue you are talking about. The nose margin and the rear bumper look about the same color in each image to me. If you add the color back in after converting to B&W, by using the history brush the colors should be the same exactly.
I can't comment about the helmet visor as it is covered by the proof label in the colored version.
Watermark fixed. I used that layer method andy had talked about. I am not familar with history brush. How does that work?

James.

[JamesJWeg]

this thread.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=1542&highlight=selective+color

James.

[JamesJWeg]

hmmm, I think I figured out the history brush deal, but just how do erase an oops then?

James.

P.S. Never mind, figured that out too. Hmmm, seems a lot faster than the other way.

[pathfinder]

hmmm, I think I figured out the history brush deal, but just how do erase an oops then?

James.

P.S. Never mind, figured that out too. Hmmm, seems a lot faster than the other way.


Like you figured out - lots of ways to skin a cat in Photoshop. Layer masks are good, but the history brush can work a lot of magic also - It can even be used on a layer and then blended with the background layer also. If you color outside the lines just step back a step in the history or move the history brush to a different layer to paint from.

[XO-Studios]

Ok, my very fist try at selective color with PS. Thanks andy for the write-up. I know it is sloppy, any sugestions to help? I picked this one only because it was the fist pic I came to. Why would some areas want to come out blue? Notice the attachment on the rear bumber and the top edge of the nose, also wind shield of the helmet.

James.
My best guess is that the blue you are seeing is in both the selective color as well as the original (but more noticeable in the selective color) and it is the relflection of the (blue)sky.

FWIW,

XO,

[wxwax]

What XO said, the blue's in both. Did you bump up your saturation a bit in the conversion? That may be why it's more prominent in the "after" tail metal part.

[JamesJWeg]

What XO said, the blue's in both. Did you bump up your saturation a bit in the conversion? That may be why it's more prominent in the "after" tail metal part.
In looking back into it last night I found that I had thrown in another layer and done some curves to try to fix a few lighting problems, and I had forgotten that, I think that is where the extra blue came from.

James.

[wxwax]

In looking back into it last night I found that I had thrown in another layer and done some curves to try to fix a few lighting problems, and I had forgotten that, I think that is where the extra blue came from.

James.
That makes sense. The curves adjustment just made more pronounced the blue that was already there. :nod