Coin coloration and modification

[tidusff10]

Hi !

I have found your website after looking for help with photoshop. I am totally beginner and I am asking your support.

I would like to modify the coin on the pic "1.png" (at the top) and make it like the pic "2.jpg".
So modifying the golden color by a metallic green like "2.jpg" and changing the "B" by a "L dot".

I hope it's clear.
Thanks for your support

TidusFF10.

 

[Nxxl]

Did you also want to know how to do this?

 

[tidusff10]

omg, awesome thanks ! Yes how did you do that ?

 

[Nxxl]

1. Make a selection of the Face of the Coin (with the Bitcoin logo) using the Pen Tool. Once you've made the selection, Ctrl + J and make a new Layer out of it.



2. Select the L Dot Image and Convert it into a Smart Object. Then Ctrl + T to Free Transform it. Press Ctrl and click on the corner of the Transform Box to Skew the Image. Adjust it so that it takes the same angle as the B on the coin. (You will understand what I mean once you start doing this step).



3. Once you have adjusted the The L Dot Image, Clip the Image to the Layer you made in Step 1. To do so, hold Alt and hover your Cursor over the Line between your Face Of The Coin Layer and the L Dot Image Layer; you will see your cursor change into a Small Arrow and a White Box - once you see that, click on the line between the two layers.



4. Now make a selection of the Side of the Coin using the Pen Tool. Ctrl + J and make it into a new layer.

5. Make a new layer and clip it to the Side of the Coin Layer (Using the Same method as in Step 3).

6. Now Sample the Green Color of the L Dot Image and paint over the SideOfTheCoin Layer (make sure the new blank layer is selected).



7. Now, make another Duplicate of the SideOfTheCoin Layer, and place it above all the layers. Ctrl + Shift + U to desaturate the layer.



8. Now change the blend mode of the Image to Vivid Light.



9. You can create a new layer and fill the visible yellow spaces with green, using the Brush tool.




I know I've explained the whole thing in a very confusing way, I'm sorry If you need any help, be free to PM me or to reply on this thread. I have also attached the PSD for your reference.

 

[polarwoc]

Nice explanation, @Nxxl I have a question:
In step 7, you desaturated the layer for side of the coin. Why was this done? Could the same not been achieved without desaturation? In a larger picture, what benefit does desaturation achieve?

@tidusff10 Please ask questions here rather than in PM, so everyone can benefit.

 

[Nxxl]

Nice explanation, @Nxxl I have a question:
In step 7, you desaturated the layer for side of the coin. Why was this done? Could the same not been achieved without desaturation? In a larger picture, what benefit does desaturation achieve?

@tidusff10 Please ask questions here rather than in PM, so everyone can benefit.

The reason I desaturated it is because when you desaturate it, it brings out the Shadows and Highlights (Darks and the Lights) out more, and when you apply the Blending Mode, it gives you better results.

This is also out of habit, as whenever I've worked on mockups etc, when there are different colors on the object i want to apply the blend mode to, you get better results when you desaturate it and adjust the levels - as then you have only blacks and whites - so it proves easier for me to work on it.

Here are a few examples of the difference in results.

Multiply Blend Mode:



Vivid Light Blend Mode:

 

[polarwoc]

Thank you for the explanation @Nxxl. I learnt a new thing today. I will explore further about desaturating and implement it in my working procedures. Do you remember any tutorials that you particularly liked on this topic exclusively? I will look for the Youtube searches on this topic.

 

[Nxxl]

Also, to add more to it, when you desaturate, it makes the selection in whites and blacks - so you can use the Lightening Based blendmodes and the Darkening Based Blend modes more easily as to what you want to maintain from the image. Also, the multiply blend mode works the best.

As for this image, I wasn't getting the results I wanted without desaturating, so once I did desaturate, my results were better.

I may be a little wrong with the theory as I don't know how to exactly frame it (maybe if Im wrong someone who knows the exact theory of what I've said can correct me).

Here is a tutorial I had watched once earlier. It's on how to make a Mockup for a T shirt and it demonstrates how you can get the wrinkles and folds on the T Shirt to appear over the Design you place on the T Shirt. It uses the Desaturate method that I used.

 

[polarwoc]

Also, to add more to it, when you desaturate, it makes the selection in whites and blacks - so you can use the Lightening Based blendmodes and the Darkening Based Blend modes more easily as to what you want to maintain from the image. Also, the multiply blend mode works the best.

This is one of the clearest explanation I have come across on this topic. Thank you.

 

[Nxxl]

This is one of the clearest explanation I have come across on this topic. Thank you.

Cheers!