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In this video, you will learn how to match a color onto any object in Photoshop. To follow along. You can download the sample file from the Adobe page for this tutorial.. Our working document contains two layers: A photo of a room and a yellow circle, which is the color that we're going to reference for the color match.. The goal of this tutorial is to apply this yellow color to the couch.. Before we get into that, we need to understand an essential concept about how color works inside that HSB color system.. If you double click on the foreground, color the Color Picker will come up and you will be able to select any color that you want. When you drag over the color gradient or the Hue slider you'll notice that the values in the HSB boxes change, depending on The color that you select. HSB stands for Hue Saturation and Brightness, which are the three color components that we need to understand to complete. This advanced color matching technique. Hue, is what color something is. Is that orange green, blue, magenta or red Saturation is the intensity of that color, a vibrant red or completely be saturated. And brightness is how light or dark the color is.. A combination of these components will make up all the colors that you see in Photoshop.. In this video we're going to match the hue and saturation of the yellow circle onto the couch. Then we're going to try to match the brightness as close as possible.. You can't match all three components of the yellow color to the couch, because you'll end up with a flat, yellow couch with no shape or details.. You need the different levels of brightness the highlights and shadows that give the couch its shape and texture.. The first step is to select the couch. From the Toolbar, select the Object, Selection Tool and, with the Background layer, active click and drag a rectangle that covers the couch.. Photoshop will then use machine learning technology to select the couch.. If you inadvertently select an area that you did not intend to select, then you can subtract from the selection by going into the Options bar and making sure that Object. Subtract is enabled and hold Alt on Windows, Option on the Mac and click and drag over the blanket to deselect.. You don't have to be precise. You can fine tune the mask later., Then you can create a group and click on the Layer Mask icon to create a layer mask based on the selection.. The reason that we're applying the mask to the group is so that one mask can control multiple adjustment layers.. If you need to edit the mask, you will only have to do it. Once. Next create a Solid Color, Fill layer and click in the yellow circle to apply that yellow color and press OK.. Currently, the Solid Fill layer is applying all three components of the yellow color to the couch., The hue saturation and brightness, which is why it looks completely flat. To keep the hue and saturation of the yellow but use the brightness of the couch to bring back the Detail, you can use a blending mode. In the Blending Mode, dropdown you'll notice, the four Blending Modes below this line., These Blending Modes control, one or more of the color components, Hue Saturation, Color and Luminosity. To match the Hue and Saturation. You can use the color Blending Mode which combines both. Next we can adjust the brightness, and for that you can create a Levels. Adjustment layer., Drag the color fill layer above the Levels. Adjustment layer then select the levels adjustment and from the Properties panel use the Highlight. Slider to brighten the couch., You can then use the midpoint slider to increase contrast.. If you made a strong highlight on the cushions, you can drag the white point slider to the left to reduce it.. This makes the brightest point on the couch a light grey and not white.. At this point you can finetune the mask if necessary. And as simple as that, we've applied the yellow to the couch.. If you're wondering why we didn't use a hue and saturation adjustment layer for this, then let me show you why. I'll disable. The couch group and I'll hold Control on Windows Command on the Mac and click on the layer mask thumbnail to load the couch. As a selection.. With the group selected, I'm going to create a Hue/Saturation adjustment, layer. I'll adjust the Hue to get the yellow. Then I'll increase the Saturation., And this is where the problem arises.. If I adjust the Lightness, lighter to get a brighter, yellow I'll, wash out the shadows of the couch making. It look very flat., Even if I click on the Colorize checkbox and apply the proper Hue and Saturation adjustments. You will still end up with the same problem when you adjust the Lightness. By splitting the components into two layers. You have complete control over the color and brightness and you don't lose the shadows on the couch. You can control them independently. Now that you know how to match colors in Photoshop go ahead and try this color matching technique on your photos.
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Olav Carter: Came to learn how to color objects; learned how to color objects, make groups for adjustment layers, and do shape-based selections on photograph. Solid tutorial
Leonid Stroginov: 1) Select the object you want to recolor 2) Create a group with a selected layer 3) Mask the group 4) Add solid color 5) Use color mode in blending mode for the solid color 6) Create levels adjustments, then drag them under the solid color adjustment 7) Use highlight slider in levels adjustments
Megan Sanders: Needed to know how to change the color of an isolated object in a pinch and this tutorial helped a ton! Concise and quick explanation - really appreciate it!
Saina: This is the most helpful, short and to-the-point tutorial I saw in a while
Charlie Cross: This is great! Thanks for a solid straightforward tutorial while also answering why we're doing certain things
Preeti Kaur: This tutorial was so easy to follow with great explanations. Thank you!
Mark Anthony Padal: Amazing tutorial. This made me rethink my colouring process as I'm always wondering whenever I use "hue/saturation", the colour seemed weird.
Moheezy: This was a great tutorial and excellent breakdown of the components. Thank you!
A.J. Carrera: Excellent! Very easy to follow and allowed me to make perfect adjustment to color change.
Danielle Bridgewater: Really great tutorial! One of the few I completed successfully- being so new to photoshop
Arjun Singh: The values and saturation of the couch do not match that of the room. Changing from a darker base colour to a much brighter one, changes a lot of factors including the amount of light that the couch will reflect to the eyes/camera.
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MomentsInTrading: It’s been a month now and this video has REALLY changed my abilities! For instance, I can use this method to colorize old B&W photos, with different color choices for hair and clothing, and it comes out better than using a colorization app!
O'hell Kno: Awesome, thanks for sharing. Spent 30 mins looking at other videos but this showed me exactly what I needed to do!
Majkel44: This is probably the most useful tutorial I've ever watched. Thanks!
owatito: Excellent tutorial, it is even easier to work with colors like black and white.
Randy Weber: Used this to change wood color of a fretboard on a guitar mockup. I didn't have the object selecting tool, so i used polygon selection as the shape was rectangular anyway. This worked well as i didn't lose brightness on the metal frets (24 stripes) across the area enough to really matter. Way better than selecting 24 seperate little shapes. This also maintained the woodgrain texture. Very easy to follow tutorial!
Mike Barr Photography: This was VERY helpful - awesome tutorial!
Emilio Zevallos: Thank you for this great content! I have been always using HUE Saturation, this was very helpful
noLieBowtie: An absolutely amazing tutorial.
Kj: Fantastic! Learned a new way of recoloring today after first trying the Hue/Saturation method and not being able to achieve the desired color.
OldSloppy: This is so amazing, as a beginner I obviously started with Hue/Sat layers.. but this, this is gold.
evh: Thanks mate very helpful tutorial, very easy to follow
Jhan Choeg: excellent. i never found any awesome explaining like this. not just a tutorial but it teach us how the concept works.
olin gracia: Love this tutorial, not only command us to do 1-2-3 but explaining the basic concept behind it in simple theory! I had the same problem while using hue saturation, thank you for your tut!
Jye Jacobsen: I've gotten to the level adjustment section fine, but when I move the level sliders it brightens the whole image, not just the thing I want.
Noy Lasri: Thank you it was really helpful, I couldn't get a closet color to what I wanted from any other guide.
Ryan Patrick: This video is amazing. One question, when I use the sliders in the levels adjustment, nothing happens. Any idea why?
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Crypto BFF: Excellent tutorial, thanks!
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Natalie Noel: The process begins at 1:43
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Avery OG: THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THANK YOU !
GiorgiaBertolinoPRO foto-graficaTorino: The best explanation of the Hue Saturation Color blend modes. Thank you so much!
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Si Murphy: Superior tutorial. Thank you.
Joseph Crawford: Solid and concise tutorial. Will employ it in my classes. For once, a Google suggestion turned out to be great advice.
James Dowling: Very useful, thanks!
antwango: Is there a specific reason he dragged the "Levels adjustment" layer above the "Solid colour adjustment" layer? (I did not group my selection... my selection is another layer object and the difference in my example is the applied adjustment layers are clipping masks onto said layer object?) just wondering what specific reason "Levels" needs to be above "Solid colour"? If theres no reason then i can sleep better
OMtNI: So much was made clear, thanks.
Lauren Bell: this is the BEST and most clear tutorial on how to change colors of objects i’ve ever watched!
njsh.nymm: This one helped me so much, THANK YOU!!
Kianna S: Wooow I needed this tutorial a few days ago when I was trying to change the color of a dress from yellow to purple. Instead tho , I selected the dress, copy and pasted the new layer of that dress and went into blending options , then color , then changed the entire layer color to purple then from there I just played around with the blending modes to get the color I wanted. It wasn’t as crisp and clean as this but it worked ! Thank you for this simple easy to understand tutorial !
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Ohio Grudge Racing: thanks for the easy to understand tutorial!!!
Saint Ambience: Right on point. Thank you so much!
Kromus: This was great, and liked the explanation as to why its better then hue/sat layer as was wondering that. Makes sense
Cokex St-Pier: Thanks! Amazing technique! ❤
Anthony R: fantastic video. Exactly how all tutorials should be
The Waverunner: top quality work! Thank you for the help!!!
Pepler3: Thanks man, very helpful!
Public Afe: I love it when videos that can be done in 1 minute is done with 5 cause you're busy explaining what brightness
Jennifer Kramer: Brilliant! This will definitely come in handy.
Guide To Getting It On: Very helpful! Thanks.
Tom Windeknecht: Awesome! This is SO helpful!!
Big Baby: Thank you so much bro. You are great. Such a patient well made tutorial. God Bless you.
Kyle Schwartz: That was awesome, great tutorial
Aidan Pang: 3:33 what is the purpose of dragging the color fill layer above the levels adjustment layer?
Brandy's Edits: BY FAR the easiest method - awesome stuff.
My Experience: Great video and easy to follow instructios! Thanks
Haguen Productions: Hey! I have a question, so my screen is displayed at a Standard Dynamic Range so whenever i do photoshop when I export them into my phone they look different, do you know what I can do to replicate the Standard Dynamic Range in photoshop to put it on top of my edit so when I export them into normal screens I see the same result, let me know if this made sense Thank you so much for your time!
Verzo Music: great tutorial! thanks so helpful
colefrick: Haven't updated PS in a LONG time, didn't know it became this easy.
Darsha A: Awesome tutorial!! Thank You.
Salsabil Emam: I've tried same steps in CS5 and it worked very well .. But in PS CC 2019 .. following this tutorial when I apply the color blending mode it turns the solid color into a grayscale ! have any one experienced such a problem ? or can anyone help me solving this ? I solved it temporarily by adding a colorbalance adjustment layer above the solid color .. but I need to know what cause that weird problem !
GC TALHA: What if we target particular color of that couch using hand tool in the hue/sat adjustment layer and then changing the hue or saturation? when we are in master and then we change the lightness it makes the image completely black or white.
Adriana Barrios: this tutorial is great! thank you for sharing
Kevin Owusu: your the best, what a great video straight to the point and so much value
Pooja Sawant: Thank you!! Great tutorial. :D
Immanox21: Great tutorial thanks !
Jose Rey: Grate and simple Tutorial!!!! Thank´s
GJA: how about using hue and saturation for changing color and then use levels adjustment to adjust the brightness?
Jānis Vasarietis: super helpful, thanks :)
Christiana Mitropoulou: You are honestly the best! Thank you so much! I couldnt find any video to show me how to do this!
André Godoy Campos: Thankyou mate! that was on the spot!
waqar ktk: Very informative
kroozzy: the best bit, you explained why the Hue & Saturation Layer does NOT work i was thinking "why not just do it the easy way", and you clearly explained why NOT to Thank You
GR TH: Thanks! About to paint my house so this will come in handy!
Mary Michelini: Excellent! Thank you.
DragonsDream: thanks! really great explanation