Firstly this is a job that I am helping a friend out with who does not know much about photoshop. She is printing this photo out for her family as a christmas gift. I haven't really had much experience with the colour replace tool so I jumped at the chance to learn something new. The original colours in the original photo for the bridesmaid were not correct. It is a fabric which is a combination of two colours so it shines differently. I have given the two colours that are combined in the fabric. However the colour looks different once they are combines as well. Mostly a kahki green and not so much pink. I need to replace the current colours with the ones I have supplied. I would love to see some of your results but please let me know what you have done so I can replicate it on the original. I will show you the finished product. Thanks in advance to all who help out. I will be on and off the computer today and tonight so please be patient if I dont answer any question immediately.
I don't know much about the process of fading in old photos. I think some colors faded more than others and in predictable fashion.
In Hue/saturation/lightness I adjuster the hue sliders for red to -40, and Blue to -180.
In Color Balance - Mid tones Blue yellow slider to -20
Then the white gown was all colorful so I selected it and in H/S/L again took the saturation down to -35.
I don't know if the skin tones and flowers are anywhere near where they should be. At first I had the bridesmaid's dress selected for the first H/S/L and Color balance layer, but that didn't look so good either.
Thank you BlueZamia, I will have a play with your suggestions. Any other suggestions out there using different methods? .... so I can learn lots of kefferent ways.
I try my hand at it, but I selected whole dress, then made layer and painted your color in. Instead of normal mode I use darken at 100 percent. Then just used selective color to get the redishes color close to your color. Then painted back areas in the mask where I did not want color changes.
I try my hand at it, but I selected whole dress, then made layer and painted your color in. Instead of normal mode I use darken at 100 percent. Then just used selective color to get the redishes color close to your color. Then painted back areas in the mask where I did not want color changes.
Well here is my finished product. I combined the suggestions given. I recoloured the bridesmaid dress using selective colour changes and also painting with a low opacity brush. I brightened the brides dress and desaturated the skin tones on both a bit. I recoloured the bouquet with more yellow and red at the request of my friend. I also changed the tone of the background curtain to freshen it a bit. The large border is so that it will suit the frame. This will be given to 12 family members as a christmas present. She was extremely happy with the end result as she still wanted it to look old but more true to colour. Thanks for everyones help.
