Wine to water and back.pdf

Logged in as: Donald Riedel

[ Log-out ]

Wine to Water, and Back Again

by Al Ward

Action Fx Photoshop Resources

http://actionfx.com

Thanksgiving is now past, at least officially. In my household we try to be thankful everyday, and this

year we had a veritable cornucopia of blessings to be thankful for. There is, of course, the release of

Photoshop CS and the projects that come about as a result of that. We spent the weekend before

Thanksgiving moving into a new home, and within a matter of days had added two puppies and a kitten

to the family.

That is the extreme short list, as even the simple day to day interaction with my wife, kids and friends is

a blessing unto itself. I certainly wouldn’t have the space to mention what a blessing this career has

been, but to each and every one of you that make that possible, I’m sincerely grateful.

This week I’m going to do a couple tricks for removing color and t

hen adding it again. I’ll be

using Photoshop CS, so I apologize to all the PS 7 users who haven’t yet made the leap. Save your

pennies... it is well worth the leap and dent in the pocketbook.

For the first portion, let’s do something fairly simple… even users of earlier versions can do this one. We

are going to perform a minor miracle, turning wine into water.

I’ll start with an image set on some romantic evening. This photo is taken from my friends at PhotoSpin

( http://www.photospin.com )

I always work on a copy, so duplicate the Background layer and rename it Wine to Water.

Hit the D key to reset the default colors, setting black in the foreground and white in the background.

Select the Paintbrush tool and set the Mode to Hue. The rest of the settings are seen in the next image:

Now simple paint away the color of the wine.

If the water produced has a bit too much shadow for your taste, simply switch to the Dodge tool, set the

range to Midtones, and lighten the darker areas. Don’t lighten it too much; just a little bit will work.

Ok, this one is just for Photoshop CS users. There is a way to do this in earlier versions, but the process

is a bit different.

Let’s go back to the original wine image.

Change the foreground color to a nice winy (is that even a word?) color; in this case I’ve opted for red.

Switch to the brand new Color Replacement tool, and set the options as seen here:

That’s a pretty big bar. So here’s the other half:

Run the brush over the wine again, and this time also run it over the bottle in the background. The

change will be subtle, but effective.

I’m a terrible painter; I’ve never been able to color within the lines. Thus, I’ve painted some areas that

I’d rather not have changed.

That’s a quick fix with the History Brush; I think it was made for the artistically challenged (I founded

the club!). To fix those areas, I’m using the History Brush with the following Options:

I’ve never been much of a wine drinker, so I’m not sure if a red is appropriate for this occasion or not.

However, for this tutorial, it is. Here’s the final.

As for me, I’m better off sticking to coffee.

Until next time, I’ll see you at Action Fx ( http://actionfx.com ). Take care!

Click here for more tutorials by Al

Photoshop is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: