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lanecito
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October 4, 2018
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The color brown in hue/saturation layer

  • October 4, 2018
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I am adding color to an infrared photo.  After making a selection with Color Range, I add a Hue/Saturation layer and check "colorize."  No trouble with blue sky and green foliage, but  shades of brown for a tree trunk?  Does not happen.  Thanks for help.

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    Correct answer lanecito

    1.Since you are satisfied with the rest of the image, add a composite Layer (Cmd+Opt+Shift+E) to the top of the stack and duplicate the composite.

    2. Then choose the top composite layer, Edit > Fill with your choice of Brown. Set its Layer Blending Mode to Color.

    3. Add a Mask to the top composite that is white in the area of trunk and black in the remainder of the mask.

    4. Apply a curve to the top composite image (not the mask) to arrive at the desired density, contrast and modeling of the trunk.


      I think I have it.  For step 4 I added a Curves adjustment layer using the previous layer as a clipping mask.

      Thanks again.

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    Semaphoric
    Community Expert
    SemaphoricCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 4, 2018

    One thing you could do is set your foreground color to a color you like, and in the Color panel, set it to HSB Sliders, and then copy these values into the Hue/Saturation panel:

        

    It can also help to set the Blending Mode of the Hue/Saturation layer to Color.

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    lanecitoAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 5, 2018

    The Backgrou

    nd is a CR2 from Lightroom. Here the active layer is the tree trunk

    selection.

    Norman Sanders
    Norman Sanders
    Legend
    October 5, 2018

    Use this to post an image here:

    Muqqarib Hassan
    Muqqarib Hassan
    Inspiring
    October 4, 2018

    Hi, Can you please share a screenshot with us so that we can see the problem that you are facing ?

    Thanks.

    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    October 4, 2018

    Hi Lanecito,

    Could you please share the screenshot of the image and your Photoshop work space?

    Photoshop doesn’t colorize pure white pixels and pure black pixels because colorization affects only gray pixels (from a brightness value of 1 to 254).

    Regards,
    Sahil

    Norman Sanders
    Norman Sanders
    Legend
    October 4, 2018

    As Sahil.Chawla​ advised, it would help if we could see the image. That said, assuming you chose a precise brown but the value is too dark or weak to show adequate tonal variation or depth, you may consider then switching to Lab Color. By adjusting the L curve you can change the tone values and contrast of the tree trunk without altering its brown color value. Then return to RGB.

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