I have adobe photoshop elements 15 and i bought it as a one time package that I downloaded onto my computer- why does it look so basic??? Also I cannot find the colour match option- where is it???? It looks like something from 2007 not 2017???

[sumann9683650]

I have adobe photoshop elements 15 and i bought it as a one time package that I downloaded onto my computer- why does it look so basic??? Also I cannot find the colour match option- where is it???? It looks like something from 2007 not 2017??? Why???

[MichelBParis]

sumann9683650  wrote

I have adobe photoshop elements 15 and i bought it as a one time package that I downloaded onto my computer- why does it look so basic???

Just a suggestion: are you in Expert mode?

sumann9683650 

Also I cannot find the colour match option- where is it????

If you mean the Photomerge >> Style match, that option has been discontinued in recent versions (Photomerge is started from Guided Edits, not expert mode).

[sumann9683650]

Hi there, thank you for responding, yes  I was in expert mode but have realised the difference between elements and cs6 - in reality it was cs6 that I should have purchased but that is no longer available- its now cc

In regards to guided edits, what I wanted was to extract colour from a part of a picture - say the lip colour in one picture and paste that exact colour into another picture where the lips are a different shape- so keeping the exact colour quality but replicating it into anoher picture. How do I do that???I have tried it with that dropper tool and it doesn't extract the colour like for like- it extracts what it thinks is a similar colour and I cannot find that colour match option in guided edits, how do I achieve this???

Thanks

[hatstead]

sumann9683650  wrote

I have tried it with that dropper tool and it doesn't extract the colour like for like- it extracts what it thinks is a similar colour and I cannot find that colour match option in guided edits, how do I achieve this???

1. Go to Expert tab
2. Open both pictures so that you can see them side-by-side (2 up).
3. Activate the eye dropper tool and click on the lip with the color that you wish to capture. Your foreground color chip should change to this color.
4. On the destination picture, use the selection brush or the lasso tool to select the lips. (Probably best to do one lip at a time).
5. Place the selected lip on its own layer (CTRL+J)
6. Then, go to Edit>Fill selection>Contents>Use foreground color
7. Open a Hue/saturation adjustment layer above the layer with the lip and clip the adjustment layer to the layer with the lip below (CTRL+G). Work the hue/saturation/lightness sliders to fine-tune the color. You can adjust the layer opacity in the layers palette, if necessary.
8. Repeat for the other lip.

You may want to check that the resolution of both pictures is identical, or at least close. You can do that via Image>resize>image size and read the value in px.in.

[sumann9683650]

Hi there

Thank you for your response, but I am struggling a lot still and I tried your instructions but they do not extract the same colour, I am trying to achieve the below (example) where the lip shape is the same in each picture but the exact colour from a photo taken is maintained- how do i do this??? The eye dropper tool does not allow this to happen because it doesn't extract the exact colour, is there any other way of achieving the same colour match within elements 15???

[MichelBParis]

... I am trying to achieve the below (example) where the lip shape is the same in each picture but the exact colour from a photo taken is maintained- how do i do this??? The eye dropper tool does not allow this to happen because it doesn't extract the exact colour, is there any other way of achieving the same colour match within elements 15???

Two wrong asumptions, in my opinion.

- that has nothing to do with Elements 15... it's the same for any image editor

- there is no such thing as an exact colour in your case; the best proof is that the color picker will show different values depending on the chosen pixel (or very small pixels sample).

Just do the following experiments:

1 - duplicate the background layer and desaturate: independently from colour (hue, saturation) you are seeing only the luminosity. Every sample is different, some strikingly so; from dark to light. Some are contrasty, some are flat.

2 - add a solid color fill layer in colour mode, and test various color combinations. You'll get nearer to the original look in a given sample if you use a color picked from the same original sample, but that won't be close enough.

3 - To get a comparison for the colors of the various samples without the influence of luminosity, duplicate the background layer and put it on top of the layer stack. Add a layer filled with gray (50% for instance) in luminosity mode. You are seeing the color without the luminosity factor. You can even add a hue/sat adjustment layer and boost saturation 25 to 35%.

4 - Now look at each sample: some are rather 'flat' in colour, some clearly show two distinct values for the hue.

So, come back to your quest for an exact color: especially in the last sample 'Dreamer', you would need a color gradient map to represent the colors of the sample.

You would get a better color sample than with the eye dropper by first selecting a lips sample and applying an average blur. That should work well for some samples, not for those showing a gradient between two different colors.

[MichelBParis]

Test:

Since I can't upload a tiff or psd file,

Open the dropbox link

Dropbox - lips-3.tif

and download the file.

The left part shows the original, the right one shows the luminosity version with a layer to add the colour.

Select the upper layer in the layer palette.

With the eyedropper sample a color from one of the patches on the left.

Menu Edit >> Fill layer [with foreground]

You should see the result of the sampled color applied to the patches on the right, keeping their luminosity.

[hatstead]

ok.

In step #7, check the colorize box in the dialog and work the sliders. See if that helps.