Change color

[Bruno Esteves]

Hi, I´m very begginer in photoshop, and I need to make changes in the color of the cat.
I need to know the best way to change the color of this cat.

To this 4 colors .

I tried to search in this forum, but I didn´t find something that I can use.
Please, if someone know a tutorial or tips.
Thank you so much, and sorry about my english.

 

[inkpad.t]

Try Google. colour change in Photoshop.

 

[iDad]

If you are good with selection tool or even just the paintbrush you could use the color replacement tool here's a quick play around:mrgreen:

 

[Bruno Esteves]

Sorry guys, for the stupid question.
I didn´t want, looks like lazy.

 

[ibclare]

You can try the hue/sat adjustment layer and use the mask on the adjustment layer to paint out the color changes, such as in the eyes. You can do the same with a black and white adjustment layer. That's one method.

 

[ibclare]

Here is changing the cat to grey using the hue/sat adjustment and the layer mask. I used a hard black brush at 100% on the eyes. Then used softer, lower opacity brushes to bring out the pink and a little other color in the fur where it is white.



To turn the cat yellow, I merely edited the existing hue/sat layer and increased the saturation.

 

[Bruno Esteves]

Great ibclare, thank you so much.

 

[ibclare]

Your welcome. For the black, I would suggest a slight difference. Do as iDad advises. Make the selection of the cat, fill another layer with black, set it to multiply or hard light and lower the opacity some _ I used 80% then duplicated the layer and set it to 50%. Then control click on your layer adjustment mask that has the pieces of normal color painted back in. Use that selection to mask the black color on your new layer. I suggest you find a tufty fur brush and brush with black into the edges of the white bib with black brush and out of the bib into the fur with a white brush. This will make your edges more realistic going in the dark color. You can see the shape brush I used which I think works quite well.



As I said, there are other methods, playing with B&W adj, desaturating and masking then painting, maybe even a threshold layer blended over, but I haven't tried that.

PS: my cat selection edges are a mess; I didn't spend any time on it. You should be more fastidious. I also suggest using the fur brushes to perk up the edges.

PPS: You can also use just one of those multiply layers in this scenario. Set it to one of the last blending mode batches: hue, color, etc., and it will give you a very nice grey cat.

 

[ibclare]

By the way, you can keep to the one method, the second I described for black, fill with the selected yellow orange color, set it to hard light or multiply, and again, just adjust the opacity of the color layer to get the saturation you want.

Here is the mask I created to bring back the original coloration for the color adjustments. You can see this by holding alt/opt and clicking on the mask. Just make sure all the eyes are turned off on the layers, layer visibility. I wanted you to see how the brushwork on the bib looks. You can see how this would dress up your edges. Just be creative; it doesn't have to exactly replicate the original fur coat.

 

[chrisdesign]

I used the curves on all 4 cats.
The eyes, nose, feet I put on a separate layer, because i didn't want to change the color.
For the black and the grey cat I used desaturation.

I can do some screenshots tomorrow if needed.

 

[ibclare]

Good work chris. I'd love to see what you did, though I could experiment too. I never even thought to try curves. I love getting advice from a really well-rounded Photoshopper.

 

[chrisdesign]

For all 4 Cats:
New layer for Eyes, Mouth, Feet.
Duplicate original layer. Work with curves or desaturation on this layer.

 

[IamSam]

Hey Chris, thanks for tutorial.

I know what you did here.......but I have enough knowledge of Ps to understand.

Others, especially newbies like the OP, will not understand what you've done based on your images. They may not know how you managed to alter the color channels individually since the images show the Curves Adjustment panels in RGB only.

Another thing I noticed is that the Curves histogram in CS6 is the complete opposite of yours......?

 

[Bruno Esteves]

Thankyou very much Ibclare and Chirsdesign.
I had more difficult to change the original color to black, but I just tried hue/sat so far.
But I really liked the results chris had with the curves, I´m going to learn more about it.
I really appreciate your help guys, I have a small business in Brazil, printing T-shirts, and our designer left the job, and I have to do everything now, lol. If someone would like to see our job. youtube com/watch?v=EakenBRdUZg
As Ibcare signature "

3 Ps of PS: perseverance, practice, & play"​

 

[chrisdesign]

Hey Chris, thanks for tutorial.

I know what you did here.......but I have enough knowledge of Ps to understand.

Others, especially newbies like the OP, will not understand what you've done based on your images. They may not know how you managed to alter the color channels individually since the images show the Curves Adjustment panels in RGB only.

Another thing I noticed is that the Curves histogram in CS6 is the complete opposite of yours......?

Sam, the normal setting is like this.


Maybe this screenshot helps.