Hue/Saturation layers

[Michael Bergenstjerna]

Hello,
I want to change the color on a a selected parts of an image. I then do the following.
1. I add a hue/saturation adjustment layer.
2. I adjust the hue and saturation to my liking for the areas I need changed.
3. Then I erase the layermask from the parts of the image that are not supposed to be changed.

BUT: Even though I erase the parts of the layermask, the below layer is still affected.

How do I solve this?

In the first file all is ok.


In this second file I have added the adjustment layer, made the green piece of sign (middle to the right) blue, and then erased the rest of the layermask.

In the third image you can see the very small area which is still white in the layermask.


As you can see there is a significant difference on the color of the entire image, even though it is supposed to only be applied to that small area.

 

[ibclare]

I'm not sure what is happening here, but if you have that small an area to change, I would just select it first, then add the hue adjustment, leaving the rest of the image alone.

 

[ibis]

Alternatively,ctrl+j to make layer copy
do your adjustment then eraser brush of unwanted areas,
or do adjustment
use history brush to recover unwanted areas in to original state.

use the soft edges brush to make it seamless

 

[3headcat]

select the are you want to edit
copy it to new layer
create hue/saturation adjustment layer, right click on it and choose Create Clipping Mask
make your adjustments

 

[Michael Bergenstjerna]

Thank you for all the input.
When I did as you suggested I realised what the problem was. Quite embarrasing...
The color I used to "erase" was not 100% black, more dark grey. Hence the hue effect was only reduced, not completely removed. See the image for the difference on the colour of the layer mask.

 

[ibclare]

Glad you figured it out. Well now you have multiple approaches you can use. Don't forget them. Photoshop is all about the many ways to do the one, and sometimes one way is more expedient than another. And no problem, we always like to put on our thinking caps and give it a shot.