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Colorizing Objects in Photoshop

Click on the image below to see this technique in action (quicktime movie).

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Ran across this process as I was reading through Design Graphics Magazine #114  yesterday, and thought our readers and customers would find it quite useful. It's both a very powerful, yet very simple technique.

The next time you need to change the color of an object, (or present something in a variety of colors) just create a new Layer that overlays the object, fill it with color, and create a Layer mask so the color only affects the object to be "painted".

The next move is to simply choose the right Blend Mode from the Layers Palette. For lighter colors, "Vivid Light" mode works best. For darker tones, use "Color Burn".

Every month Design Graphics Magazine offers articles presenting essential Photoshop techniques, and is a must-read for all of us at Avondale Media. A compilation of dozens of the best tutorials from the magazine are in two excellent books by Design Graphics:

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Posted by on March 31, 2005 at 09:11 PM in Retouching |

Comments

Hendra Wijaya latief

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Posted by: Hendra Wijaya latief | April 02, 2005 at 06:09 AM

Matthias Neubert

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Posted by: Matthias Neubert | April 02, 2005 at 01:27 PM

Dianne White

There are some people that use colored pencils to draw. There are people who are good with colors and there are some who wants to learn something new. Thanks for the tips, by the way! I'm going to be able to use this tip soon. I need to practice drawing and coloring some more.

Posted by: Dianne White | May 02, 2011 at 12:03 AM

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