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Charles35075046kzx3
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July 6, 2024
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Changing Product Color

  • July 6, 2024
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Hi:

Been having modest sucess on some product color changes.  But taking a leather bag that is a photo and changing it to a color that is more of a matt finish am struggling with.  Example below.  If we start withe the first image how would we get the color from the second image applied correctly?  
Thank you 

Chuck

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Correct answer D Fosse

The first example is shot in very harsh light, with hard contrast and hard reflections, and the highlights are completely blown out.

 

The second example is shot in diffuse light, which gives a whole other softness to the finished photo. That's the main difference.

 

Before you can think about changing colors, you need to have a good starting point. This needs to be carefully lit when shooting. Not everything can just be "fixed in Photoshop". Photoshop needs to have something to work with. If the highlights hadn't been completely blown out, you could have done several things to pull them down - but here there's no information left.

 

One very effective tool to control surface reflections is a polarizer. Here's just a random example I had lying around:

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JD5862
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September 20, 2024

Hi Chuck,

I’ve faced similar challenges with texture and finish changes. One technique that works well is using the "Hue/Saturation" adjustment in combination with layer masks. For the matte effect, you can lower the highlights and slightly reduce the saturation while adjusting the lightness. Using the "Overlay" or "Multiply" blending mode also helps maintain the texture and depth of the leather while applying the new color.

Hope this helps!
Best regards,
JD

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 6, 2024

The first example is shot in very harsh light, with hard contrast and hard reflections, and the highlights are completely blown out.

 

The second example is shot in diffuse light, which gives a whole other softness to the finished photo. That's the main difference.

 

Before you can think about changing colors, you need to have a good starting point. This needs to be carefully lit when shooting. Not everything can just be "fixed in Photoshop". Photoshop needs to have something to work with. If the highlights hadn't been completely blown out, you could have done several things to pull them down - but here there's no information left.

 

One very effective tool to control surface reflections is a polarizer. Here's just a random example I had lying around:

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Charles35075046kzx3Author
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July 7, 2024

Hi:

Thank you, we can fix that now with that input.  As you can tell we are relatively new at this.  Interestingly this approach worked on some other colors, but, like as you said they must have been close in highlights.

Thanks again

Chuck

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