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.
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thaaaaanks a lot yaaaaaay :ppp
Hi thanks for tutorials ………. this is the great tutorial
I’m Yosh from Indonesia.
So easy and so nice!!!!!
great effects! i love editing photos so I’d like to open the sites all times. hahaha
easy explainations and perfect results
very nice tutorial. thank you very much
Awesome! Worked like a charm!
I have no words to say. Amazing tutorial. Thank you so much.
how do i set the layer on a “Soft Light Blend mode” like you said?
hey cn u show easy way cyt the picture…..
wat version of ps do u usE?
can you show us how you edit the photo in step 1?
thanks
step 1 shows the original picture.. he’s just opening the pic in photoshop
hi. im new here. i like this web tutorial. im still learning editing photos in PS. i saw some pictures in one website if you would allow me to show it to you and teach me/us how to do it. i would greatly appreciate it.
Hmm, I think you can send it to me via email?
First, i’d like to thank you for replying to my message. I will send you the pic
what’s your email add so i can send you the photos?
thanks again
what is ps in the first step?
what is ps?? in d first step??
Adobe Photoshop (PhotoShop)
PS means PhotoShop
No! It can not be true. That simple? Amazing. I have no words. Thank you! Really!
how did you made the chick and background and writing
How can i do this in GIMP?
thax baby
very very fine ….
Thanx!!! Works great!!! sloslo nomo..
Go to Image/Mode and change Indexed mode to RGB Color and you should be able to edit it.
heyy how to exactly select hue\saturation layer?? i cannot select it….like its inactive for me…
You will need to select the layer you want to convert first. Which here, will be the background image.
hi all. I don’t understand 4 step pleas are fully. thnx
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Simply change the blend mode of the layer, then paint (using brush) like what you see from the sample above.
Thank you for the lesson very much!!!!!
thx verry much
This is really quick tutorial and very effective.. I recommend it for a lot of graphic artist that’s out there and really into coloring..
how do i set it to soft light blend mode?thanks
You can see the blend mode selection on top left of the layer palette?
This is a prett cool tutorial… nice. i guess the coloring effect will vary from pick to pick like that other dude said cuz mine end up coming out a bit less than expected… I usually convert my pics to black in white/greyscale in some manner to experiment with effects. i’ll check out that gradient idea someone posted on here too. i use Elements 7 and CS4. Thanks fer the posting!
oh and one quick question… to anyone who happens to pass by this and knows the answer: What kind of guitar (i know it’s a Gibson) is that Kimball is holding??? What model/make? i’m dying to have sumn like that but its so hard to find, even on Gibson’s website…
então , eu travei na etapa numero 4, nao sei o que é ” Soft Light Blend Mode “, nem onde ela se situa, entao me ajudem, por que ja tentei…
é assim quando vc cria um new layer, (na mesma caixinha onde ficam os layers) tem uma barrinha assim:
Normal
Clica nela e escolhe soft light. ^^
pronto.
I dont get Step 5.How can the original photo still in the same state as after Hue/saturation when you have already done Step 4?Can you please show the layer box as well while you’re doing the “blur”?Thanks!
the color layer is a new layer above the original photo.
I never get in the step 3….need more specific details about that.
one more thing, hope and waiting for your new tips and tricks ………………
thanks hi` hi`
100% fantastic !!! i am newbie in css and photoshop, so your website and tutorial are very very useful for me.
thanks ^^
Muito legal, Thanks
eu não sei falar inglês tem como traduzir……
whats da ps? where can i get it?
Thank U
very useful in your website.very very thank you so much
so uhm, this might sound neurotic, but how the heck do you fix the picture, so it opens in that Windows Media Viewer, and not in Photoshop? Mine just remains in Photoshop..Please help!
Huh? Windows Media Viewer?
You need to save it as, say, .jpg
If you keep it as .psd this is the editable photoshop file type, that will open in Ps.
your file extension is PSD right???
try saving your file as JPG…
save as>>>change file formant to JPG…
^^
Meh, when I paint over the picture, it turns out as black and white colours, please help me people!!
Check your color mode and also the foreground color
I can’t do the fourth step :S The Brush don’t have any colour.
yeah they do you just put a color on the color tablet in the bottom left corner of your tools . anyways i expected this tutorial to be just a simple hue’d picture with a gradient over it so ya proved me wrong keep up with the tutorials.
Thanks for the tutorial it will be useful in the future! My picture came out amazing.
This effect Rocks! I love it and it took me less than five minutes to do for the first time! Can’t wait to use it on more photos!!!!
ummm i kinda get stuck up with step 4 ><
help?
What you don’t understand?
So simple yet so effective! spot on tutorial, thanks
wooow I can’t believe how simple it is!
..You Hv to believe it..there’s No other way ..
Bye:)
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
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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.
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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