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Changing Color 2

This is a simple tutorial that will effectively change the colors of any objects in your image..

Ok, lets open the phot you want to change color.
Here is a photo i'll be working with, and what I want to change in here is her blue shirt.

So select the lasso tool or any other selection tool you feel comfortable with, and make a selection AROUND the object you want to change the color of. It do not need to be a precise selection, just around the edges, like below:

Now create a new adjustment layer, for hue/saturation: go to Layer » New Adjustment Layer » Hue/Saturation. Name it whatever you want then just click OK.

In the Edit option at the top in the Hue/Saturation box, select the "color family" of the color you want to change. (your color may not be listed, but just choose something close). For the above image, the shirt is blue, so I'll select "Blues" under that option.

Then move your cursor onto the object you want to change color, and it'll change into "color picker" icon, just click on the color you want to change to select the color.

Now move your "Hue" slider and the color of your select object will magically change.

Now, if you run into trouble, such as the color OUTSIDE your intended object (but within your selection) changes too, for example: something like this:

Then you just need to move the slider at the bottom of the hue/saturation box until that area turns back into its natural color.

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User Comments

sadham hussain Dec/27/2011 04:18good job ya.
sadham hussain Dec/27/2011 04:18good job ya.
dharanisha Nov/27/2011 00:19very nice
bboy Nov/17/2011 07:01great
bboy play Nov/04/2011 06:52nice
Bimal Oct/31/2011 18:53Many more Thanks.
tinzar Sep/07/2011 13:09really many thanks, I used your tutorial for my job. :)
Webdesign Eindhoven Jun/29/2011 15:55Thanks for this simple tutorial!
Farhan Siddiqui May/03/2011 15:55i got the result, gud man the laa 10.
AMAR Apr/18/2011 17:31THEEK HAI
Surendra Godara Mar/08/2011 20:21bilukul thard class
Kes Nov/27/2010 08:34This was a really helpful post. Thanks a lot. Works really well
ThierryD Nov/15/2010 21:00For Changing the Color of an Object in Photoshop, you can see this other tutorial who explain step by step : http://rienquepourlesyeux.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24
Muhammad Waqas Nov/09/2010 18:56hue and saturation does not changes the color of clothes for me. Plz help
Noe Oct/14/2010 23:56Thank you so much it very helpfull
Noe Oct/14/2010 23:56Thank you so much it very helpfull
Payton Sep/14/2010 09:42very nice
Michael Oracle Sep/13/2010 18:14You guys are great .. i mean it. keep it up!
wendy wd Sep/09/2010 01:06very helpful. i don't spend alot of time in photoshop and was working on a pro-bono project for my daughters choir. This helped me solve the color change/request without having to hire it done : ) THANKS.
moo Jul/12/2010 13:09where can you do this? photoshop.com?
adueedu Jun/25/2010 13:29its really wonderful but wr is the download link man ?
pakhi Apr/10/2010 20:51very nice wowooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Christine Mar/21/2010 02:13I never get the color picker.....is there a difference with CS4?
shyam Feb/16/2010 01:19if the t_shirt colour is black can we change it
DB Jan/10/2010 16:31Digmen1 wrote "My colours I wanted to change were black and white and these are not in the Hue/Saturation box !" Can you click the 'colorize' option in that same box?
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