changing colour

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will_usher
Mar 13, 2008
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Quite a basic question but I’m no Photoshop expert..

Whats the best way of changing the colour of the t shirt to accurately match the colour of the green square (on another layer – this represents the image that i want to add to the t shirt – i don’t want to just use the eyedropper and paint on the t shirt ass I need to keep the shadows and highlights. Image here:

< http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/2331249633_e3490b4de5.jp g>

Any help appreciated!

Thanks.
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John_Joslin
Mar 13, 2008
Select the white background with the Magic Wand.

Invert (Ctrl+I): now you have the shirt selected.

With the eyedropper sample the green colour: it goes as foreground colour in the toolbox.

Make a Solid Colour adjustment layer and set the mode to Color Burn.

Bingo!

<http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5973/44262041ez8.jpg>
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will_usher
Mar 13, 2008
Hi thanks,

But that doesnt match the colour – i would need the green square to completely blend in witht he t shirt – so you’d never know the square was there.
JJ
John_Joslin
Mar 13, 2008
Play with blending modes and opacity. Darken up the green in the colour well a bit.

It’ll never match completely because the green square is a solid colour and the shirt is textured.

There are other ways, like painting with a brush in different modes.
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rhawkins
Mar 14, 2008
Clone out the green patch, as it’s a solid color. Make a solid color adjustment layer with green, set the blending mode to color. Flatten the image and adjust the brightness to the shade of green you want.

< http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4155/2331249633e3490b4de5 iv3.jpg>
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George_Austin
Mar 14, 2008
Place new blank layer on top of shirt, fill layer with swatch color, put layer in "Color" blend mode. The result will have the hue of the swatch and the luminosity of the shirt layer, but it will be rather washed-out. Merge shirt and layer and place a hue/saturation adjustment layer on top of that. Increase saturation and decrease lightness to bring out the color.

EDIT: OOPS! I see my answer is somewhat redundant with other answers I had missed. BTW, there is no need to select anything here. The COLOR blend takes care of selecting the shirt. Since the shirt’s background is white (100% luminous) it remains so after blending. Also, you may wish to darken the shirt by creating a duplicate of the result and putting the duplicate in multiply mode. If not dark enough, repeat the multiplication. If too dark, back off on the duplicate’s opacity.
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glen_deman
Mar 14, 2008
Clone out the green patch, as it’s a solid color. Make a solid color adjustment layer with green, set the blending mode to color. Flatten the image and adjust the brightness to the shade of green you want.

Excellent thinking outside the box! (pun intended)
JJ
John_Joslin
Mar 14, 2008
Wake up! He has the green square on another layer so we can see the shade he wants.

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