Tuesday 5 October 2010

Photoshop Workshop...

Green in RGB Colour:
Change colour profile to CMYK in Image menu:




Same colour in CMYK profile:



Original in RGB:



CMYK Mode:

To view Gamut Warning:




This shows the colours out of range:



Proof Colours to see RGB in CMYK while still in RGB Mode:



File name changes: (.../CMYK)
Ways to apply colour - Swatches:

Colour picker:

Picking Spot Colours from Pantone library:


From Colour Picker, selecting, Colour Libraries:


Creating a Duotone image:
(Original)

Select Image, Mode, Duotone:

Click the black square to pick your Spot Colour:



Apply the Colour to the image:



To adjust the way the colour is applied, click the square next to the black one with the diagonal line through it, here you can adjust the curves:


By changing Monotone in the Type field, to duotone, another colour can be added:

Adjusting the curves, again changes the ways and amounts in which the colour is applied:


And here is the final image:

Creating a Spot Colour image from selection:
Make the selection on the image:


Go to New Spot Channel, in the Channel menu:

Select colour:

Here is the colour applied, normal painting effects can be applied too:

Adjusting the line in the Spot Channel can make the boat look more natural and lose the hard edge:



A large brush with the lowest hardness can take away the hard edge:


And the Spot Channel will now look like this:


And with the Grey channel back in view, the boat looks a lot more natural:

And for the finishing touch, to repaint the oar:

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