making a colored object appear white

[Nicholas]

Hi, I have a photograph with a blue object in it and I would like to change it to a white object while still keeping the important shadows and still keeping it realistic looking.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Nicholas

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Aaah ok, i see where you're coming from Jon.

My advice in your case then is to ask around about anything you're not sure of in PS. There's a ton of helpful folk out here that can put you on the straight and narrow... and probably save you a few bucks as well. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

If you should have any questions/concerns... feel free to ask either here, or at my Forum: http://photoshopgurus.info/forum/

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[Charisma]

A suggestion:
First of all place the part of the foto here, and they will create what they describe about.
Secondly, cut the part of the foto you want to change.
Use effect "two colors", leaving "any percent of the natural color"
Put the pic.2 on the pic.1, slightly erasing sides.
Save as a new pic.

Best regards,
Charisma
(48 years, turner from Ukraine)

[Nicholas]

Hi, I have a photograph with a blue object in it and I would like to change it to a white object while still keeping the important shadows and still keeping it realistic looking.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Nicholas

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Yup... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Create a tight selection around that object.
Press Ctrl+U. Drag the "Saturation" slider right down (to the left).
Then press Ctrl+L to open the LEVELS filter. Drag the right slider over a bit to lighten up the area. Then drag the left slider over a little to re-darken the shadow areas.

It might help a bit more if we had a peek at the image. Might be other ways to get this more exact for you. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[This message was edited by Mark (theKeeper) on August 06, 2003 at 02:53.]

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Huh??!!! Buy a plugin just to remove the colour from an image? That doesn't make sense. Photoshop is more than capable of doing this by itself. And in a number of ways too i might add.

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[Mark (theKeeper)]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Per-Otto:
Yes, the Hue & Saturation (Ctrl+U), but also tweak the lightness up (not only adjust the saturation control).

Per-Otto<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, i believe i covered that Otto http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Then press Ctrl+L to open the LEVELS filter. Drag the right slider over a bit to lighten up the area. Then drag the left slider over a little to re-darken the shadow areas. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[jon spain]

Mark

Look, I'm an amateur ansd I'm unaware of what PS can do natively. I was thinking from a different angle, which can be necessary for non-PS users, which may havwe been misplaced on that forum.

Jon

[perottol]

Yes, the Hue & Saturation (Ctrl+U), but also tweak the lightness up (not only adjust the saturation control).

Per-Otto

[Nicholas]

Well!
I knew you Canadians were ahead of us politically and socially, but I had no idea you were so darn good at photoshop!
Thanks a lot for the responses, I had a hunch it was about the saturation/levels and maybe curves, but I just couldn't get the right combination down.
My project turned out great!
Thanks again!
Nicholas