How to change the color of a image using layers

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(save this image by right clicking on it and save to your hard drive  =)

Open PSP. Open the pic, car19.jpg.

Which looks like this...

Click the layers palette button .

Click the new layer button name it colorize and click ok.

Make sure the layer called colorize is the active layer by clicking on it.

Like this...

Now pick a color you want the car to be. I picked dark blue.

Now click the paint brush tool .

Set your control palette like this...

Brush Tip...

Shape: Round

Size: 13

Opacity: 100

Hardness: 100

Density: 100

Step: 1

Now paint over the red on the car.

To get in some of the tight places I had to change

the size of the brush to a smaller size.

Now it looks like this...

On the layer palette, change the layers blend mode

of the layer called colorized to Color. Like this...

Click the layer called background to make it the active layer.

Now go to COLORS>ADJUST>HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS

use the following settings...

%Hue: 0

%Saturation: -100

%Lightness: 0

Click ok. Now it looks like this...

That looks ok. But let's change it to a green color.

Click on the layer called colorize then go to

COLORS>ADJUST>HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS

use the following settings...

%Hue: -21

%Saturation: 0

%Lightness: 0

Click ok. Now it looks like this...

You can experiment with the Hue settings

and see how the color changes. This one is at -68

Just play around with it!

If you have any questions, please just ask....