You will
have to color a black & white photograh.
FIRST
METHOD
We will
choose a black & white photography with enough quality and the appropriate
size. The size of the photograph for this exercise has to be 1024x768 pixels.
First we
need to use the tool "selección libre" to select the area we want to
color. To deselect an inner part of this area, with the same tool and keeping pressed the key CRTL, we remove it.
Once we
have finished, we should get out of focus in the edges of the selection area so
that, when we will color it, the colored part doesn't look so artificial and
the final result seems more natural. For this purpose we will use the next
tools "SELECCIONAR > DIFUMINAR (FEATHER)".
Using this tool, we have to select a value between five and twenty depending on the zone chosen (the more size the more feathering).
Once we have prepared the selection, we color it. We use the tool " COLORES > COLOREAR". Then a
dialogue box appears and we can configure the coloring.
Tone: red,
blue, green, purple...
Saturation:
color's intensity.
Brightness:
defines the clarity or the darkness of the final result.
When we
have found the desired finish we would click in OK. To deselect, on the menu,
we will click on "SELECCIONAR > DESELECCIONAR".
SECOND
METHOD
We start
the same as we did in the previous method, but now we will use the layers
palette and we are going to color with the tool "RELLENO O CUBO".
We can also drag the selected color with the mouse from the palette to the new layer created, and the selected area will be colored automatically.
Next, we go
to the layers palette and we change "MODO DE MEZCLA" from normal
layer to color layer. The chosen area will color. The advantage of using layers
is that we can modify the layer's opacity till we obtain the desired color.
We can also
get out of focus using the following tool "FILTROS > DESENFOQUE (BLUR" over the layer so that the edges will be softened and final result will be more
natural.
So now it’s
your turn. Be creative!!!
Final note:
My regards to juanpedrobn who conceived this exercise.
