Color Replacement Help

[TheDoctor]

Hey guys!

So I've been working on changing the color of a few things in an image and I've hit a bit of a road block. I've been able to change the coat and tie both from their black color, but I cant figure out how I can change the black shirt to white.

Thanks in advance for any help!

-TheDoctor

 

[iDad]

A real easy way is, select the black shirt and then invert it

 

[iDad]

4 seconds or so, of course a better selection and time will be much better

 

[Crotale]

My suggestion is for you to make a duplicate of the original layer. Then make a new blank layer and add a Transparent Mask. Fill with black. Using a white color brush, paint the areas you want to change. You will see the painted areas in the preview pane, but not in your workspace window. After you are done painting the white part of the mask, merge the top two layers (mask and duplicate) together. This will leave just the black shirt, if this is where you painted.

Go to Image>Adjustments>Selective Color. First, choose Black, and adjust the bottom slider (Blacks) over to a highly negative number. Then go go Neutrals, and proceed to adjust the bottom slider to the negative again. You can bounce between the two tones to get the color close to where you want it. Close the tool by selecting Okay.

Then you can make minor tweaks as necessary as a followup.

 

[hawkeye]

I agree using a Selective Color adjustment layer will work pretty well, but all the extra layers isn't necessary, just use the mask on the adjustment layer.

 

[IamSam]

I was about to ask Crotale about that, seems like to many extra steps.

 

[IamSam]

With the brush tool (fill set to 3% and black as your color) use the mask on the Selective color adjustment layer to bring back the shading.

 

[Crotale]

Yeah, I could have simplified that a bit. I tend to take the long way.

 

[Paul]

Trouble with a white shirt is, it makes the 'doc' look less the doctor and more a office char.

 

[Tom Mann]

If there's not too much noise in the shadow areas, playing with the 3 sliders in a simple (masked) "exposure" adjustment layer can often also works well. In all of these approaches, you'll likely have to tweak the contrast and saturation of the result to get it just right.

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