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(7 of 11) Changing the Colors of Graphic Elements

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There are two ways to adjust the colors in an image. The first method is to choose a command from the Image > Adjustments submenu. This method permanently alters the pixels in the active layer.

The second method is to use an adjustment layer. Adjustment layers let you experiment with color and tonal adjustments without permanently modifying the pixels in the image. The color and tonal changes reside within the adjustment layer, which acts as a veil through which the underlying image layers appear.

Select the layer that you wish to change color. For windows you can hold down the CTL key and click on the layer.

- Click on create new fill adjustment layer below the layers pallet.
- Choose the layer type you want to create. Available types are
- Solid color, Gradient pattern, levels, curves, color balance, brightness and contrast, Hue/Saturation, Channel mixer, selective color, gradient map, Invert, threshold, posterize. (Fig 3.7)

Figure 3.7	Figure 3.8

Changing the color settings using Color balance layer
Select Photo1 layer from the template (CTL + Click on the layer)
Follow the steps outlined above
Choose color balance from the new adjustment layer menu
This displays a colors optins window. Click on ok button.
In the layers pallet you should see a new layer with name Color Balance1. Change the name to CBPhoto1

- Double click on the layer icon of CBphoto1 layer. This opens color balance window (Fig 3.9)
- Try the different settings by moving the tabs forward and back and notice the different color changes on the photograph

Figure 3.9

Fig 3.10 and 3.11 show the original picture and the modified one with color changes.
Use the following settings to modify the picture as in Fig 3.11
"Cyan: +42, Magenta: - 43, Yellow: -64"
Click Ok for committing the changes.

We suggest that you try out various other options available under adjustable layers menu.

To discard all the changes done to the photograph, Just right click on the CBPhoto1 layer and select delete layer.

Figure 3.10	Figure 3.11