Learn how to use Curves and LAB mode for a perfect color replacement.
Make a dress the same color as a fish in Photoshop. How to get an exact color in a photograph.
Changing colors of an object in Photoshop is not that hard. But what about getting and exact color? In this tutorial Colin Smith shows how to sample the color of a fish and change a dress to the identical color. Combining the power of curves and LAB mode make this difficult sounding task easy. This is an advanced topic, but presenting in a very simple way that anyone can do.
This is one of those tasks that sounds easy enough until you try to do it. You are given a color and then need to change something in a photo to match that color. Good news! You have come to the right tutorial. You will learn
- How to sample colors in Photo
- How to replace color using the info Panel
- How to use LAB color mode in Photoshop
- How to use Curves in LAB mode to affect color.
I’m sure you will enjoy this one. Here are links to related tutorial to make this a bit easier if these concepts are new to you
How to use Curves in Photoshop
How to use LAB color in Photoshop
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