Coloring Effects
July 10th, 2007 in Photo Edit, Tutorials by kailoon
Today we will have a photo edit tutorial and sure, it is simple and easy to follow as usual. I think you may see this in many music album CD cover and some artist poster or wallpaper. Ok, let’s start then.
This is the photo that I found in Google image.
If you wish to use mine, just download here.
Step 1
Open the image in PS.
Step 2
Go to the bottom of the layers palette and click on the Hue/Saturation option. Set the setting as below:
Step 3
After that, you may get this:
Step 4
Create a new layer and set it to Soft Light Blend mode. Choose a 48px hard brush and paint the new layer as shown below. You can choose the colors you like.
Step 5
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 90 pixels.
Step 6
Yup, you’re done! It’s easy and now you can edit your photo yourself easily. Thanks!
Tips:
- The lower the saturation will decrease the color more.
- So, the lower the saturation will increase the visibility of the painted color.
Subscribe To Our Feed
If you find our site is interesting, please subscribe to our feed. Thanks!
Navigation
Check out our popular articles and recent comments by other users.- Mi???? : Step 2 Press “D†to reset the color mode to default (black foregr ...
- Armig Esfahani : you're great! ...
- Armig Esfahani : wooow I can't believe how simple it is! ...
- Romme : Click on the right corner of Triangle holding ALT. hope that helps. ...
- Romme : Hey thx for this post I love this effect! ...
Search
Flickr
Join our Flickr Group and showcase your creativity!
- @naldzgraphics Take good rest :) #
- @moontweet That's an accurate explanation :) #moonfruit! Hehehe... #
- @Aint1SuperFly #moonfruit is a daily vitamin :) delicious food :P Hehe... #moonfruit is having a macbook pro contest :) #
- Alright, today main course is ... tatatatata..... #moonfruit! #
- @joanneliyeng Hahaha #moonfruit is my food! #
Follow me on Twitter.
wooow I can’t believe how simple it is!
wwooww…sorprendente efecto y muy sencillo…muy buen tutorial amigo…sigue asi…ayudando a los q poco sabemos de esta gran herraamienta
i’ve seen such photo effect but i never thought it would be that easy. wow thx for sharing this.
as easy as that!!.. that edited image was great.. thanks!
Absolutely fantastic tutorial, thank you for sharing !
5 Stars ^^ Perfect!! Thx..
Perfect, easy and super effective! thanks!
pls add new image effects……………………..!
as easy as that!!.. that edited image was great.. thanks!
thank you! i have been wondering about how to do this for ages!
but if i may ask, when painting the new layer multiple colors, what should the opacity be set to?
i didn’t change the opacity
A great bit of photo retouching work on this easy to follow tutorial. Thanks for sharing
Nice tuto, I never thought of that kind of effects… Thanks a lot
OMG! That was sooooooo easy!!… I loved it!… Thank you sooo much!
What program did you used? PS – I didn’t find anywhere this program. Coul you be more explicite. I mean the whole name..?
I am using Photoshop.
it’s fast and an easy tut! great help! Thankies
Simple technique with great effect…
Its very cool…
Thanks a lot…..!!!
Hey, love this tutorial. thanks ^-^
kuuuuuuuuuul
love this tutorial.. thanks so much
Very simple and amazing trick. good work!!!!
Olá
thank-obrigado!
your so a m a z i n g!
this works goood
The “add comment” button on the right top corner of the comments box doesn’t work.
It should redirect the users to the Reply box, but is not doing that. I tested it in Chrome, Firefox and IE 7.
I wanted to let you know because sometimes we don’t get those little things.
ciao…
It is fixed now, thanks!
que hermoso queda *-* muchas gracias por aportar con estos tutoriales
Using a gradient with blending mode set to soft light, pretty much gives the same result.
try this site http://www.blingeasy.com
Wow, thank you so much for this! I’ve been wondering how to do this for ages! <333 *sigh* photoshop is so fun ;p
soy perla y quiero editar picks
thank you helped me alot thanks
Very nice, yet simple. Thanks a lot.
Thanks, that’s very cool effect with simple steps!
nice tuturial thank you for writing it
Thanks, that’s easy yet effective.
[...]
Hi this is really nice tutorial & time saving also so. Thanx
Glad you like it!
nice tutorial it’s very easy.. amateur to pro
Thanks
very easy.thanks!
ur awsome!
welcome EricJason
Thanks!
very helpful tut… thanx for sharing
welcome Drakon
Thanks!
Nice work and tutorial, indeed. Very smart.
welcome Dana
Thanks!
nice work! like it
Thanks for useful photo tips!
@> saint: Ops, sorry, it is Soft Light, sorry :p thanks for your correction
@> veena: sorry veena, i think u need to change the blend mode
is my fault 
Wow that’s pretty cool! Mind you, mine turned out way different than how yours did (I used my own picture) but it was still cool. Thanks!
Cool tut..bt i was wonderin issit the screen blend mode or softlight..
Very interesting site. Thanks you.
thanks.. nice lesson
Hi Jamie! Glas you like it
thanks!!..i really needed this!!!..
Good………….
seraphangel: Good idea!
kailoon:
dun wana scare people mer…
hehe you should use your own pic
@> å®èŒ¹: Thanks!:)
@> Aeres: Yup, try and error is always the best way
leaving a hint of the original colours, instead go going pure greyscale, would produce more interesting hues though. Like what Loon has done here.Alternatively, you can play around with the layer order or the blending mode to see what works.
nice…:P
woot…pro is talking
hehe..yup, definitely agree with you cometh 
, It is always easy to start editing with a black and white photo 
sure
try it out and u can mail me the final result 
Aiseh, not the first tim….
The picture by itself is edited already… Celebrity mah =p
Well, basically different pictures will get different effects according to the original state of the picture itself. For example the contrast, the lighting and stuff.
However if you want standardization, one can always make it black and white and start from there. Even then, the level and intensity of the black over the white will cause different effects…
But the techniques are roughly like what is stated in my opinion and it is up to individuals to adjust the settings to achieve the effects wanted.
Anyway, cool tutorial though, simple and understandable… =p
wow….i jz wonder if i conduct d colouring effect wf my OWE photo, izit d outlook can be d same as tis pic? kekek….hopefully it wont hav a big diff