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drumsab

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:00 pm    Post subject: CS4 - how to make lake water more "blue" Reply with quote

Hi,
this photo is of my cousin and I'm trying to make the lake water in the attached photo more "blue". What is the best method / process to do that? (I'm fairly new with CS4 so detailed steps most appreciated).

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Damo77

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Needless to say, there are heaps of ways. Here's an easy one:

1. Make a "Solid Color" layer from the little half-black-half-white-circle icon at the bottom of your layers panel.

2. Choose a nice strong blue colour.

3. Change the blend mode of that layer from "Normal" to "Color" ("Overlay" might work too).

4. At this stage, your whole photo will be ridiculously blue. Press Ctrl I to invert the layer mask from white to black, and hide the effect.

5. Choose your brush tool

6. Press D to make sure you're painting with white.

7. Paint over the water to make it blue.

8. If the overall effect is stronger than you'd like, just reduce the opacity of the layer.

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