Changing color of jacket in CS5

[Robert Walden]

Trying to change the color of a jacket in cs5. Have color I need in another image. Used the eyedrop tool to bring the sample color into color picker background. Selected the image but when I use Alt/Delete it colors the whole image. Can not use adjustment layers hue/saturation because can't get a color close to what I need. Am I doing this wrong?

[John Waller]

Can you upload your jacket image so we can see what you're dealing with?

Use the Insert Image icon in the web forum toolbar.

[Robert Walden]

I don't see the image insert icon.

[John Waller]

[Robert Walden]

[Robert Walden]

Found it. Description is backwards. I need the tan color on the overalls. Thanks.

[Chuck Uebele]

Several ways you can do this. One way is to use L*A*B* color. Find the the color of you sample using using L*A*B*, in this case I used L=72, A=18, & B = 37. Mask out the areas you don't want colored and adjust a curves adjustment layer to match the values of your sample.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Nice job Chuck.  We are a year on from the Extract Shading Peek.  There were several genuinely useful Sneaks demonstrated last year, and it would be nice to see some of them realized inside Photoshop.

[Robert Walden]

[Robert Walden]

Still doing something wrong. I've done this in the past, way past and I had no trouble. Can't remember how I did it.

[Robert Walden]

Chuck, can you point me to a tutorial on using this method? Preferable a youtube?

[postrophe]

Hi

Have you set the "curves" layer to Screen mode ?

Pierre

[davescm]

Robert from you last screenshot it looks like you are trying to paint with the sample from the colour checker.

What Chuck showed you was :
a. Change the Image Mode to Lab

b. Get the eye dropper and shift click on your sample and on a similar shade on the jacket.
This will give you two targets in the info panel that you can adjust to match

c. Add a curves adjustment layer above the jacket - with a mask so it only affect the jacket (not the background or sample)

d. Adjust the curves , starting with lightness and then the other channels to match the jacket to the sample

e Switch back to RGB mode

No doubt when Chuck comes back on he will advise you further

Dave

[Chuck Uebele]

Dave pretty much summed up the steps for changing color in L*A*B*, but here's a tutorial, which I haven't watched, but it's by Jesus Ramirez, who always has great tutorial.

Matching Specific Colors Using The LAB Color Mode - Photoshop Tutorial - YouTube

[Chuck Uebele]

There is also a technique by Jim Divitale called the .com method. a B&W layer is created and them three solid color layers are added above that with your color. Those layers blend modes are set to: color, overlay, and multiply (in this case screen would be switched for multiply). It takes a lot to tweak all the layers, but it give great results. I don't know if there is anything on the web about using this method though.

[Robert Walden]

Well, between bites of turkey and playing with the grandkids I managed to change colors! Tutorial was great! Thanks all for the help.