Getting a grip of photoshop

[The G factor]

Hey guys,

My old man wanted to learn how to use photoshop to add colours to only certain objects, so he gave me photoshop, told me to learn how to use it, then teach him, haha.

After a little while i got the hang of it and learnt how to do it. These are some of my first efforts ( nothing special in terms of effects, but i thought it was cool finally knowing how people do it!)

Just browsing what photoshop has to offer, its crazy!

[Rocksy]

Artistic bastard.

[Tom156]

I forgot you could do that with photoshop

Heres a pic of what i did a couple of years ago now... will have to play around with some of my fishing shots

[sammy]

Those pics are awesome

[The G factor]

Originally Posted by Rocksy

Artistic bastard.

haha cheers mate

btw search through my posts and find the big ( ish) reddie posts ive made. Its the spot i took you and jules where I thought it got netted. They are back to be caught

[Rocksy]

i've been reading it, no time to go.

'chk chk...Boom. *brains, wall...* Kurt, Oh Noes!*

[The G factor]

Originally Posted by Rocksy

i've been reading it, no time to go.

'chk chk...Boom. *brains, wall...* Kurt, Oh Noes!*

haha man, its like 10 minutes from ya house, as if you cant pop down for like 20 minutes. God knows thats all you need to fish it seeing as its so small!

Hope you buy an exist hyper custom soon, god knows you deserve it

[The G factor]

Originally Posted by sammy

Those pics are awesome

thanks sammy!

Bob156,

always good when you remember cool things hey?
I like just little subtle colour insertions like you did with the wheels, need to find an appropriate photo to do it with

[Tom156]

Originally Posted by The G factor

Bob156,

always good when you remember cool things hey?
I like just little subtle colour insertions like you did with the wheels, need to find an appropriate photo to do it with

Yeh it really is, i used to play with it alot when i was skating but just forgot about.
That extra bit of colour with the black and white just adds that little bit extra to the picture and makes you really focus on it, like with your pic of the fish on the bottom left the colours could have been missed on a single glance with the full colour shot but now it just pops
I will have to have a play around with photoshop tomorrow

[The G factor]

that photo in particular really amazed me, i didnt realise the fish was so blue in the picture! I thought photoshop was screwing up, but i compared it to the original and turns out nothing had changed! Really is good for emphasizing colours without saturating them

[Tom156]

Originally Posted by The G factor

Really is good for emphasizing colours without saturating them

I couldnt have explained it better myself

[cowancreekdave]

love the first pic, you come up with some brilliant stuff

[The G factor]

thanks man, wasnt too sure whether to include that pic. Havent changed much at all as the water colour was pretty dark to begin with! ( although the water at the actual spot was crystal clear). I guess its the little differences that can make photos that little bit better

Also got this one

[gtxrally]

Similar to this G!!!
Would be interested how you adjust the colours?
Dale.
One of the guys did a thread on this a while ago??
http://www.breammaster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24642

[The G factor]

i do it differently to the link. I have learnt how to do it 2 ways.

First is I add an adjustment layer and reduce the hue/saturation to 0. Then begin using the brush to add the foreground colour ( or background colour) back into the pic.

Secondly, if im lazy, I use the magic lasso tool, roughly go over the image, right click, and change the colour to the foreground/background colour. Real quick and easy!