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Basic Coloring Tutorial For Adobe Photoshop CS3

This document provides a basic tutorial for coloring images in Adobe Photoshop CS3. It explains how to use Photoshop's tools to selectively adjust colors, tones, and saturation levels to manipulate images. The tutorial covers using tools like levels, curves, and hue/saturation to control colors and introduces layering for non-destructive editing. It provides step-by-step instructions for basic color correction and enhancement techniques in Photoshop CS3.

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Basic Coloring Tutorial For Adobe Photoshop CS3

This document provides a basic tutorial for coloring images in Adobe Photoshop CS3. It explains how to use Photoshop's tools to selectively adjust colors, tones, and saturation levels to manipulate images. The tutorial covers using tools like levels, curves, and hue/saturation to control colors and introduces layering for non-destructive editing. It provides step-by-step instructions for basic color correction and enhancement techniques in Photoshop CS3.

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Basic Coloring Tutorial for Adobe Photoshop CS3

By Barrett Barlowe, eHow Contributor updated: May 06, 2010

Use Photoshop to selectively increase the intensity of one color. Photoshop CS3 has powerful coloring tools that alter the tone of photographs or create original works of art. Choose colors from palettes, or select any color from your background image. You manipulate image tones via the "Adjust" menu; "Levels," "Hue/Saturation" and "Curves" sub-menus offer different levels of control and function. Use Photoshop's Layers capability to do color correction work without altering the original photograph. Choose a photograph with a full range of colors as a background and adjust it using the basic coloring tools available in Photoshop CS3.
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1 Turn on your computer and upload your image to the desktop. Open Photoshop CS3 and load in your image.

2 Click on the "Foreground Color" box in the "Toolbox." The "Color Picker" opens. Click on the color palette to choose a color, or click anywhere anywhere in the image and select a color from your photograph. Click "OK" to accept your choice.

3 Click on the "Switch Foreground and Background" double-headed arrow next to the "Foreground Color" and "Background Color" boxes. Notice that the two

different colors switch places. Click on the "Default Foreground/Background Color" icon at the very bottom left-hand side. The foreground color turns black and the background color turns white.
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4 Choose "Layer" and "Duplicate Layer" from the Menu bar and pull-down menu.

5 Select "Image," "Adjust" and "Levels" from the Menu bar and pull-down menu. The "Levels Adjust" panel opens. Notice that a graph (histograph) representing the image's color range occupies the center of the panel. Click on the left arrow just under the histogram display and pull it to the right. Your image's black levels get darker.

6 Click on the middle arrow and pull it to the left. The gamma levels (mid tones) get lighter. Click on the right arrow and pull it to the left. The highlights get brighter.

7 Click on the left "Eye Dropper" tool. Click on a grayish part of your image. The grayish color is now black, and the rest of the image has more contrast. Change the "RGB" selection in the pull-down bar to "Blue." Locate the bottom slider. Click on the right-side arrow and pull to the left. Change the pull-down bar to "Green." Click on the right-side arrow and pull to the left. Your image now has a reddish tint. Hit "Cancel" and return to the image.

8 Choose "Image," "Adjust" and "Curves" from the Menu bar and pull-down menu. The "Curves Adjust" panel opens. Locate the graph in the panel. Click on the top right point on the graph line and pull downward. The image gets dimmer.

9 Click on the lower left point on the graph. Pull upward. The black levels get lighter. Click on the "Add Point" icon. Click anywhere on the graph line. A new point appears on the line. Pull down or upward. Slide the point along the line. Pull upward or down. Notice that different areas of your image change depending on the location of your point. Click "Cancel" and return to the image.

10 Choose "Image," "Adjust" and "Hue/Saturation." Move the "Hue" sliders to the left and to the right. Your image's colors cycle, changing drastically. Move the "Saturation" slider all the way to the left. The image is now black and white.

11 Click "Cancel" to return to the image. Reselect "Layer," "Image" and "Hue/Saturation." Change the "RGB" select pull-down bar to "Red." Pull the "Saturation" bar all the way to the left. Any red tones are drained of color, leaving the greens and blues untouched.

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