Digital Retouching 101 - Lesson 1 - Hair Color

[GlamDazzled]

This Tut is for 'EYE<3COLOUR' and 'sxychika1014'

This is my first tut so bare with me you guys

ok lets begin!

Things Needed:
Adobe PhotoShop 7
A little patience

Step 1 - Open the Picture you want to alter in PS

I'm using this picture:

Step 2 - Make a New Layer

So the Layer Pallette should look like this:

Step 3 - Pick the color you want to change the hair to from the top color box

Step 4 - Fill the layer with that color with the PAINT BUCKET TOOL

Note: The picture I'm using was just a picture of hair...more than likely your using a picture of a person and you probaly dont want to turn them the same color as the hair lol so instead use a BRUSH instead of the PAINT BUCKET TOOL

Dont worry if the color is kind of off or unrealistic looking...we'll fix that in a sec.

Step 5 - Change the layer mode to SOFT LIGHT (at this point you can play around with the different color modes to get the LOOK you want)

So it should look something like this:

Now we can adjust the color better

Step 6 - Now go to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > HUE/SATURATIONS

Step 7 - Click the COLORIZE check box in the far right corner

Step 8 - Now Slide the 3 sliders to get your desired color

Hue = The color (as in RED,ORANGE,YELLOW,GREEN and so on)

Saturation = The shade of that Hue

Lightness = The strength of that Hue and Saturation

(I just made those definitions up they might be wrong lol...but you get it right?)

Step 9 - Now if you are happy with the new color (YAY!) Merge All the Layers

And THATS IT!! SOOO EASY RIGHT?!

So you should have something kind of like this:

k hope that helps! toodlez!

 

[Eye<3Colour]

omy goodness!! you rock!!!! thank you!! hmmm, i wanna call in sick tommorow to play around w/my PS!!! thank you so much!!!

 

[Eye<3Colour]

ha!! right on i did it!!! thank you so much!! that was easy!!

 

[GlamDazzled]

lol urwelcome!...I thought it was going to be a pain to do...but it was actually kinda fun. glad I could help

 

[Tessigrl]

WOW that is so cool, I wish I had PS to play with!!!

 

[GlamDazzled]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eye<3Colour ha!! right on i did it!!! thank you so much!! that was easy!!

YAAAAYYYYYY!!!!

 

[Eye<3Colour]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlamDazzled YAAAAYYYYYY!!!!

im stuck on trying to change my eye color. one tut. i went to, has had to leave something out cause its not working...

 

[Eye<3Colour]

if you have time, could you do one on changing eye color. the tutorials im looking at are not helping!! but only if you want to and have time!!

 

[GlamDazzled]

yep I'll do one...Ill try to do it tomorrow.

 

[Eye<3Colour]

thank you!!!

 

[user4]

omg, i love u... thanks sooo much for this!!!

 

[kat121085]

Wow! Thanks for posting this. I've been looking all over for PS tutorials! I just spent an hour switching around hair and eye colors, so fun!

 

[stacey]

damn i wish i had ps7 or even psCS i'm getting it off my friend this week! yey!!

 

[Eye<3Colour]

i hop she doesnt get mad, i know she comes here sometimes. but this is what i did to a friend of mine from another message board. im so bad, i called in work today cause i wanted to play today!! this was my first real attempt!!

BEFORE

AFTER
she now has green eyes, smoother skin, blonde hair and a grey sweater, whiter teeth and brighter lipgloss!!!.. how fun!!

 

[stacey]

how much dif is 7 from 5.5? i know there are a few tools they added that aren't in my version.

 

[user4]

u should get CS or CS2... i DL it from kazaa (im bad) its sooooooo great!!!

 

[stacey]

well that's really good to know cause I'm getting a copy from my husband's buddy. i can't wait to get back into photoshop again.

 

[user3]

Thank you for posting this. I don't have PS but I do have a photoshop and this is helpful!

 

[kissablethoughts]

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[stacey]

can you do a retouch with ps 5.5

haha