in your last contest you wrote about how to change colors of things (including screenshots) -
i just tried it myself, but i don't get how it works, really  ....!

turboprinzessin wrote:

in your last contest you wrote about how to change colors of things (including screenshots) -
i just tried it myself, but i don't get how it works, really  ....!

Here's a really good tutorial about making selections with quick masks and you could try experimenting with the hue/ saturation brightness window ctrl+u and the blending modes... please tell me how it goes...

http://www.graphicmentor.com/tutorials/ … index2.php

Last edited by Christanna (08-12-2008 23:58)

yvi wrote:

I have question -how to change colors of things/cars but so that is perfect and put some textures , do someone know tutorial for that ?

Yeap... I haven't found a good tutorial about this but i'll try to explain it to you... First you'll have to make a selection of the thing you want to colorize (use quick mask or selection tools) and put it in a new layer then you'll have to use the layer styles, click on the button with the "f" on it and a lot of options will appear click on blending options and the blending options window will pop up click on pattern overlay and start changing and experimenting with the different patterns and blending modes you'll find interesting effects if you use the rest of the layer styles options like inner glow and color overlay...

Last edited by Christanna (08-13-2008 18:32)

Here are some cool patterns and textures you can use in anything you like... http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/P … Patterns/1

It's very important to use selection tools so you can edit your posts in a professional way this one is my favorite...

Cutting objects with Quick mask mode:

1. Open Photoshop.
2. Drag the picture that you want to work with
3. Click the Quick Mask mode button
4. Select the paint brush (B)
5. Begin coloring over the object in the photo. When you are in Quick Mask Mode, the paint brush will paint a light transparent red. This indicates which area you are masking off from the photo.
6. Choose a smaller brush for the edges to get more precise
7.. When you are done, click on the "Edit in Standard Mode" button.
8. You should now see your painted mask area as a selection. However this is selecting the background and we want to select the person or object, so we need to inverse the selection, press crtl+ shift+i or press Select > Inverse from the main menu.
9. The selection will now be reversed so that the selection area is that of the person or object, not the background.
10. Press ctrl+j and the selection will go to a new layer.

Last edited by Christanna (08-13-2008 19:03)

Here are some tutorials about selection tools, if anybody has questions and doubts about the use of selection tools I'll do my best to help you...

http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/Photoshop/BL … ntools.htm
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photos … ps504a.htm
http://akvis.com/en/photoshop-tips/selection-tools.php
http://www.un.org/events/workshop/dpi-u … tools.html
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/sele … -tools.php
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photosh … tions.html
http://websitetips.com/articles/photoshop/magicwand/
http://artist.tizag.com/photoshopTutori … sotool.php
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photos … ps504b.htm
http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/photo … lasso.html

Last edited by Christanna (08-13-2008 19:08)

Oh my God!  Thank you so much for starting this thread!  After I saw the Birthday Dress remake contest and the awesome designs people did, I asked if someone would start a thread like this and today, here it is!  Let me tell you, the screen shots totally help a lot, much more than just explanations.  I know it is tedious to do screenshots, but it really does help.  I played with photoshop many times and could never get it to do what I wanted.  I read tutorials, tried adobe help, googled what I needed and still, I was not able to do what I wanted.  Your helpful advice and screenshots have done what all the other things I tried failed to do.  Just looking at them and reading them, I feel like I can go home and use photoshop sucessfully!  I am very excited by the prospect.

rooniee wrote:

Do anyone have a link for download the free trial ?

http://www.download.com/Adobe-Photoshop … 11172.html
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/

Katarzena wrote:

This is really a great thread, I've always wanted to download photoshop and learn how to use it. I think it wouldn't b that hard to use it but I have a different problem.

I've tried to find a download of photo shop but there isn't any. Or I don't spell it correctly? Can anyone give me a link of free but good version of this program?

Thanks ^^

http://www.download.com/Adobe-Photoshop … 11172.html
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
Did you tried this ones??

D'shaunique wrote:

Hi everyone. I've had a few PMs asking me how to do simple colour changes in Photoshop. So I thought I'd post here a guide as to how I do it. Hopefully you'll find it useful. This technique works well on areas that contrast to other colours on the page. If you're using skin tones for example, you'll need to mask off the area you want to change first. Here I'm using a highly contrasting turquoise dress to demonstrate.

Step1. In the Image tab, select Adjustments, then Replace Colour. A new window will pop up.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn16 … our1-1.jpg

Step 2. First, use the pipette (1) in the top left to select the colours you want to change. Use the middle tool, with the plus (+) symbol, to add to your selection. The central image (2) shows you which areas you have selected. Make sure you click on the main colour, as well as the shadows and highlights, to get a natural looking colour change. Click on the Result box (3) in the bottom right to bring up a colour palette.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn16 … olour2.jpg

Step 3. Use the slider to select the colour you would like to change to, then use the mouse to click in the target colour box to select in greater detail. I have chosen a golden colour. Click OK.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn16 … olour3.jpg

Step 4. Use the sliders at the bottom to fine tune your colour change. I have changed the lightness to make the gold look more vibrant. Make sure you click OK, otherwise all your hard work will be for nothing! And that's it.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn16 … olour4.jpg

Omg thank you lol! You don't know how much easier this just made things! I usually just change colors but manually coloring it in pixel by pixel lol!

How do you add real life textures like the lace ruffles like trinity added to her dress in the design a dress contest? is it a layer thing or something else? I have tried a few things but just cant get it to look right. oh and I am using version cs2

I Have Photoshop CS3 Extended;; (The Newest Photoshop)
And Paint Shop Pro X2;; Im Here 2 Help With Anything