Quick "how'd he do that" photoshop question...

[RedRooster]

Quick question, maybe someone could just give me the steps to do something this simple.
How did the guy take this and make it look like this? I played around with replace colors, but that's not it(or is it?).
Oh ya, did I mention I'm a photoshop idiot?

 

[DAWeinG]

Your links are broken. Can you link it to the file image only and not the thread?

Edit: Err they're not necessarily broken, just that I don't have a username/password to that site

 

[BDawg]

Sorry, it says I have to register with the motorcycle forum to see them. Mind mirroring them somewhere?

 

[RedRooster]

Oops, sorry guys. Should work now.

 

[Cattlegod]

yeah, works now. looks nice, i have no idea how it was done though 🙂

 

[ScottyB]

I remember doing that years ago in Highschool, but I don't remember how.

 

[Martin]

well, he selcted the grey parts, then changed the colours there (not with the fill bucket, but with Hue/Saturation, Levels, Brightness/Contrast etc)

 

[BDawg]

Yep, he just made a clipping path or selection and then altered the hue/saturation of the area...not that big of a deal.

 

[Martin]

Hmm, well, I just selected the parts I needed (using mainly the wand) and then simply adjusted the colour balance.

quikie try

 

[TallBill]

<< Hmm, well, I just selected the parts I needed (using mainly the wand) and then simply adjusted the colour balance.

quikie try >>




not bad 😀

 

[rootaxs]

Another method would be to select the area you want the colors to change using the Polygonal lasso tool. Once that area is created, add a new layer and fill it in with the color of your choice.

From there play around with the opacity and layer styles (screen or overlay usually gives the best results)

 

[MrCraphead]

imma Photoshop nub too, what an informative thread. ;D

 

[RedRooster]

Ok, I think I have a handle on what needs to be done(my new attempt), now I just have one last question and we can shut this thread down. 🙂
How can I make minute adjustments to what the wand has selected? I used the add/subtract area(shift/alt), but there's still those couple pixels that make it jagged. Do I change the tolerance, or can I actually move the boundries one pixel at a time?

 

[Kelvrick]

Newbs all of you! I'll open photoshop right now and do it while talking to a girl I like and making it look like I'm giving her all of my attention AND browse ATOT.

EDIT: I just selected the areas, and messed with selective colors. Took a while because its hard to photoshop AND tell your life story at the same time.
Motercycle SOrry for the bad quality, its geocities so I had to save bandwidth.

 

[telstar1]

You can zoom in and get it as close as possible, then perform all of your work on a new layer, and soften the edge using your tool of choice.

 

[Martin]

<< Ok, I think I have a handle on what needs to be done(my new attempt), now I just have one last question and we can shut this thread down. 🙂
How can I make minute adjustments to what the wand has selected? I used the add/subtract area(shift/alt), but there's still those couple pixels that make it jagged. Do I change the tolerance, or can I actually move the boundries one pixel at a time? >>




1. zoom in/out
2. use the other selction tools (polygon, lasso, etc)
3. adjust the tolerance of the wand.

 

[RedRooster]

Fantastic help fellas! Those are the little kinds of tricks I really like to learn. They're not much to most, but they can come in handy quite often, I'm sure. 🙂
Thanks!

 

[DanFungus]

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I should be doing something else, but I just was playing Counter-Strike for 2 hours, and got 12 knife kills 😉