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Changing boat with multiple graphics and colors to all white?


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Hello All,

I've been banging my head for the last week trying to change the color of a boat to all white while still maintaining the shadows and luminocity. The boat is composed of a few different colors and graphics, however I'd like to remove all of these so I can create an all white boat.

Any suggestions on how this can be done, if its even possible?

I'm attaching a picture of the boat in question.

Thanks,

PhilGF7Z4196_resized.jpg
 
I just realized I posted this in the wrong section.....can a moderator please help me move this to the correct section?

Thanks,

Phil
 
moved to to Quick-Tips and Techniques forum
 
View attachment 1130you can use the image >ajustments>Hue/Saturation filter

select the organge areras and bring down the levels to with use the white already on the boat to match the color.thats just one way .there are others
 
Thanks for the tip, I'll definately try this out tonight. Just for clarification, are you saying that I need to select only the orange areas of the boat first and then adjust the hue/saturation? What about for the grey X graphic?

Thanks,

Phil
 
I don't think you'll find any quick easy way to do it. I painted with white and added some shadows. It would take time ro do it right, but it could be done.
 
pip9ball said:
Hello All,

I've been banging my head for the last week trying to change the color of a boat to all white while still maintaining the shadows and luminocity. The boat is composed of a few different colors and graphics, however I'd like to remove all of these so I can create an all white boat.

Any suggestions on how this can be done, if its even possible?

I'm attaching a picture of the boat in question.

Thanks,

Try this link, it's a video opn how to do what I think you are wanting to do :)

Photoshop World: Lab Color with Dan Margulis - PixelPerfect
Click to expand...
 
A variation of iDad'a suggestion.
Copy the layer and instead of Adjustments|Hue and Saturation, create a Hue and Saturation adjustment layer by clicking on the half white half black circle on the bottom of the layers pallet and selecting Hue and Saturation .

Select Red in the pull down menu currently set to Master.
With the eye dropper tool in the adjustment tool, click on the orange area.

Slide Saturation to -100 and lightness to +100
This affects the whole image and it's black and white but the orange is gone.
Select the mask an type Ctrl+I to invert the mask.

1.jpg

Press D to make sure the default colors are selected, make sure white is the foreground color if not press X.

Make sure your layers pallet looks like the image below.
Select the mask in the adjustment layer.

Press B to select the brush, adjust the brush size with the [ and ] keys.

With your brush paint on the orange area to eliminate it.

2.jpg

For the rest you need clone stamp.
 
Oh crap! Who's manning the boat Steve!!!

Btw, this should not be in quick tips & techniques it should be in General Photoshop or Photoshop Newbies. He is asking how to do something not showing how to do something..
 
Thanks for all the replies! I'm gonna watch that video and give these other techniques a shot.

Appreciate your help!

-Phil
 
"Any suggestions on how this can be done, if its even possible?" he is asking for tips to do it to me it was placed correctly so there lol :cheesygrin:
 
Thanks for the tip...I'm making progress using this technique. I've eliminated the orange areas...but I'm having trouble getting rid of the grey X graphic. Can you explain how the clone stamp tool will help here?

Thx,

Phil
 
I would take the clone stamp tool and drop the opacity of it to between 60% and 70% and take the white from the areas closest to the x graphic and go over it then use some desaturation to clear up the rest. you use the clone stamp tool by selecting a brush size for the stamp then holding the ALT key and clicking where you want sample from then releasing the ALT key and brush in the area you wish to replace for your situation i recomend a small brush with as i said lowered opacity as to preserve shading and lumniosity
 
Before you use the clone stamp you need to flatten, merge or combine the layers the image.
I like to combine them all and leave the original layers intact, just in case.

If you use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E you'll create a new image that combines all the visible layers with out deleting them.
Do your clone work on the new layer.
 
Using the clone tool is how I did the white boat on the first page, though not how anyone else has said. I used the pollygonal lasso tool to select the grey areas, then copy and pasted that selection. I then altered the brightness till it looked white. I also did this to the orange bits and then merged them two layers. I then deleted the lines from the altered sections where the lines in the boat were meant to be, merged the layers then used the clone tool just to neaten it up.
 
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